diff --git a/all/pom.xml b/all/pom.xml
index dd09f9ebab..a85be0c8d4 100644
--- a/all/pom.xml
+++ b/all/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0.Alpha4</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha5-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
diff --git a/buffer/pom.xml b/buffer/pom.xml
index 700dd58974..17574e422b 100644
--- a/buffer/pom.xml
+++ b/buffer/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0.Alpha4</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha5-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-http/pom.xml b/codec-http/pom.xml
index c746c601d0..7c369d4d0d 100644
--- a/codec-http/pom.xml
+++ b/codec-http/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0.Alpha4</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha5-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec-http</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec/pom.xml b/codec/pom.xml
index 8890873228..e795254a0a 100644
--- a/codec/pom.xml
+++ b/codec/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0.Alpha4</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha5-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec</artifactId>
diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 2883b3f140..6e641f43ef 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0.Alpha4</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha5-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/example/pom.xml b/example/pom.xml
index b2d31d0815..aeae757e55 100644
--- a/example/pom.xml
+++ b/example/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0.Alpha4</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha5-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-example</artifactId>
diff --git a/handler/pom.xml b/handler/pom.xml
index fae6bc2e53..b1f902e878 100644
--- a/handler/pom.xml
+++ b/handler/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0.Alpha4</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha5-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a68ecf2f69..20cbf96dc6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
   <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>4.0.0.Alpha4</version>
+  <version>4.0.0.Alpha5-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>Netty</name>
   <url>http://netty.io/</url>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <url>https://github.com/netty/netty</url>
     <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/netty/netty.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/netty/netty.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>netty-4.0.0.Alpha4</tag>
+    <tag>HEAD</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <developers>
diff --git a/tarball/pom.xml b/tarball/pom.xml
index 67b6a056e0..880371f9aa 100644
--- a/tarball/pom.xml
+++ b/tarball/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0.Alpha4</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha5-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-tarball</artifactId>
diff --git a/testsuite/pom.xml b/testsuite/pom.xml
index 44632fcb7f..bd7b5e5c23 100644
--- a/testsuite/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuite/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0.Alpha4</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha5-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-testsuite</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport/pom.xml b/transport/pom.xml
index a0c72eab4f..e04bb88f74 100644
--- a/transport/pom.xml
+++ b/transport/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0.Alpha4</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha5-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport</artifactId>