diff --git a/all/pom.xml b/all/pom.xml
index 8323d3a8b3..744fe1ba80 100644
--- a/all/pom.xml
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index 898ecea5eb..1057264528 100644
--- a/bom/pom.xml
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index 43cdaf61b6..983be8dcd8 100644
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index b30c7df656..b71b44ed72 100644
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index b998da2a5a..9a1c66df7e 100644
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diff --git a/microbench/pom.xml b/microbench/pom.xml
index 603b809c01..bfa878749e 100644
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index 0a93521cb0..92dc8ddd2f 100644
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diff --git a/testsuite-shading/pom.xml b/testsuite-shading/pom.xml
index 62ee4cf77a..edc02ead0b 100644
--- a/testsuite-shading/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuite-shading/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1.43.Final</version>
+    <version>4.1.44.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-testsuite-shading</artifactId>
diff --git a/testsuite/pom.xml b/testsuite/pom.xml
index d19eaef8fd..e3eb953910 100644
--- a/testsuite/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuite/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1.43.Final</version>
+    <version>4.1.44.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-testsuite</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/pom.xml b/transport-native-epoll/pom.xml
index 0b0516f664..3f5098d3f3 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
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     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1.43.Final</version>
+    <version>4.1.44.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/transport-native-kqueue/pom.xml b/transport-native-kqueue/pom.xml
index 8560aeacc6..64f5b3a9c4 100644
--- a/transport-native-kqueue/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-native-kqueue/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
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     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1.43.Final</version>
+    <version>4.1.44.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>netty-transport-native-kqueue</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/transport-native-unix-common-tests/pom.xml b/transport-native-unix-common-tests/pom.xml
index 16b0484e03..1d6cc26d67 100644
--- a/transport-native-unix-common-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-native-unix-common-tests/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
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     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1.43.Final</version>
+    <version>4.1.44.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>netty-transport-native-unix-common-tests</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/transport-native-unix-common/pom.xml b/transport-native-unix-common/pom.xml
index aaeda95f45..48745a2e7f 100644
--- a/transport-native-unix-common/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-native-unix-common/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
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   </parent>
   <artifactId>netty-transport-native-unix-common</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/transport-rxtx/pom.xml b/transport-rxtx/pom.xml
index c6cc086c05..98914d2b4f 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>4.1.43.Final</version>
+    <version>4.1.44.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport-rxtx</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport-sctp/pom.xml b/transport-sctp/pom.xml
index f429cb011b..0b23d1fac2 100644
--- a/transport-sctp/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-sctp/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
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     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
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   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport-sctp</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport-udt/pom.xml b/transport-udt/pom.xml
index 01b8623184..a2eb2a5c15 100644
--- a/transport-udt/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-udt/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
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     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
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   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport-udt</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport/pom.xml b/transport/pom.xml
index 1e00b9edff..a7edf45ba4 100644
--- a/transport/pom.xml
+++ b/transport/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
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     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1.43.Final</version>
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   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport</artifactId>