diff --git a/all/pom.xml b/all/pom.xml
index 47bc4c5188..65e01605b7 100644
--- a/all/pom.xml
+++ b/all/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-all</artifactId>
diff --git a/buffer/pom.xml b/buffer/pom.xml
index ccd36ed484..a487947e24 100644
--- a/buffer/pom.xml
+++ b/buffer/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-haproxy/pom.xml b/codec-haproxy/pom.xml
index 8329a7be2b..cdafcbcc04 100644
--- a/codec-haproxy/pom.xml
+++ b/codec-haproxy/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec-haproxy</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-http/pom.xml b/codec-http/pom.xml
index 1fb2d9265b..91ffbd111a 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>4.0.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec-http</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-socks/pom.xml b/codec-socks/pom.xml
index 38328bd498..6003ceeb89 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>4.0.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec-socks</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec/pom.xml b/codec/pom.xml
index e1cb37d41d..8fab40da8a 100644
--- a/codec/pom.xml
+++ b/codec/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec</artifactId>
diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 866b3c301f..99d2e40e97 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/example/pom.xml b/example/pom.xml
index 16d03bdfce..45d214c933 100644
--- a/example/pom.xml
+++ b/example/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-example</artifactId>
diff --git a/handler/pom.xml b/handler/pom.xml
index 956d7312cf..587fe9d1d7 100644
--- a/handler/pom.xml
+++ b/handler/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
diff --git a/microbench/pom.xml b/microbench/pom.xml
index 208fba48cd..a83a60fea2 100644
--- a/microbench/pom.xml
+++ b/microbench/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-microbench</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6405964379..aac634ad2f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
   <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>4.0.39.Final</version>
+  <version>4.0.40.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-4.0.39.Final</tag>
+    <tag>HEAD</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <developers>
diff --git a/tarball/pom.xml b/tarball/pom.xml
index fa27a8f92c..9bc70977f6 100644
--- a/tarball/pom.xml
+++ b/tarball/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-tarball</artifactId>
diff --git a/testsuite-osgi/pom.xml b/testsuite-osgi/pom.xml
index d8214aecc9..1f8743e864 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>4.0.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-testsuite-osgi</artifactId>
diff --git a/testsuite/pom.xml b/testsuite/pom.xml
index 0df6a40678..dc6ec9a392 100644
--- a/testsuite/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuite/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-testsuite</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/pom.xml b/transport-native-epoll/pom.xml
index 8cc2fc143f..400dee4c67 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>4.0.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/transport-rxtx/pom.xml b/transport-rxtx/pom.xml
index 6b49d879e3..3084316f8b 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>4.0.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport-rxtx</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport-sctp/pom.xml b/transport-sctp/pom.xml
index c02c07a387..5e15034147 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>4.0.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport-sctp</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport-udt/pom.xml b/transport-udt/pom.xml
index e4476d7d51..bbed2ff68e 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>4.0.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport-udt</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport/pom.xml b/transport/pom.xml
index bffe1ac92f..51796e8e0a 100644
--- a/transport/pom.xml
+++ b/transport/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport</artifactId>