diff --git a/all/pom.xml b/all/pom.xml
index 6758210851..0f52f7f395 100644
--- a/all/pom.xml
+++ b/all/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.26.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.27.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-all</artifactId>
diff --git a/buffer/pom.xml b/buffer/pom.xml
index ce6572412c..816428a84f 100644
--- a/buffer/pom.xml
+++ b/buffer/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.26.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.27.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-http/pom.xml b/codec-http/pom.xml
index 188e0f3ef9..0816e7ab8e 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>4.0.26.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.27.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec-http</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-socks/pom.xml b/codec-socks/pom.xml
index 3a02d25941..174405fb81 100644
--- a/codec-socks/pom.xml
+++ b/codec-socks/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.26.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.27.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec-socks</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec/pom.xml b/codec/pom.xml
index e8e1c2ffe6..39e23f102f 100644
--- a/codec/pom.xml
+++ b/codec/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.26.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.27.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec</artifactId>
diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index a51df0f35e..426dca9cab 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.26.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.27.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/example/pom.xml b/example/pom.xml
index 1e9cf693df..9e1ddf778f 100644
--- a/example/pom.xml
+++ b/example/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.26.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.27.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-example</artifactId>
diff --git a/handler/pom.xml b/handler/pom.xml
index 9e2b3150d3..3ade6aad05 100644
--- a/handler/pom.xml
+++ b/handler/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.26.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.27.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
diff --git a/microbench/pom.xml b/microbench/pom.xml
index 9df5018f45..4fdfdfbff8 100644
--- a/microbench/pom.xml
+++ b/microbench/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.26.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.27.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-microbench</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 694a231015..9c9fffb5f5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
   <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>4.0.26.Final</version>
+  <version>4.0.27.Final-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-4.0.26.Final</tag>
+    <tag>HEAD</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <developers>
diff --git a/tarball/pom.xml b/tarball/pom.xml
index 716beb0460..201d361508 100644
--- a/tarball/pom.xml
+++ b/tarball/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.26.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.27.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-tarball</artifactId>
diff --git a/testsuite-osgi/pom.xml b/testsuite-osgi/pom.xml
index 9a1f20b0a1..8e632216fc 100644
--- a/testsuite-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuite-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.26.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.27.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-testsuite-osgi</artifactId>
diff --git a/testsuite/pom.xml b/testsuite/pom.xml
index 27c465b71d..104a715e9d 100644
--- a/testsuite/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuite/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.26.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.27.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-testsuite</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/pom.xml b/transport-native-epoll/pom.xml
index ba225398d4..84d94fcec9 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.26.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.27.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/transport-rxtx/pom.xml b/transport-rxtx/pom.xml
index 913e32295f..bb7cc1b52f 100644
--- a/transport-rxtx/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-rxtx/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.26.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.27.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport-rxtx</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport-sctp/pom.xml b/transport-sctp/pom.xml
index dfc7235a58..39cb8c8196 100644
--- a/transport-sctp/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-sctp/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.26.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.27.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport-sctp</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport-udt/pom.xml b/transport-udt/pom.xml
index 4f9af24031..9202fc9276 100644
--- a/transport-udt/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-udt/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.26.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.27.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport-udt</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport/pom.xml b/transport/pom.xml
index 248ca4008d..f4118fe27c 100644
--- a/transport/pom.xml
+++ b/transport/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.26.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.27.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport</artifactId>