diff --git a/all/pom.xml b/all/pom.xml
index f7275890e3..5feed7a755 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.Alpha6</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha6-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
diff --git a/buffer/pom.xml b/buffer/pom.xml
index 63c0659943..f661965a66 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.Alpha6</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha6-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-http/pom.xml b/codec-http/pom.xml
index e18d2c16e6..8e9d245872 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.Alpha6</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha6-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec-http</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec/pom.xml b/codec/pom.xml
index 0ce08ed4ed..a9e9074fea 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.Alpha6</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha6-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec</artifactId>
diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 9baecd4b2d..09e8aef32f 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.Alpha6</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha6-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/example/pom.xml b/example/pom.xml
index ade5176d6f..db66842354 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.Alpha6</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha6-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-example</artifactId>
diff --git a/handler/pom.xml b/handler/pom.xml
index 64b9ac4791..d0324ff43c 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.Alpha6</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha6-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
diff --git a/metrics-yammer/pom.xml b/metrics-yammer/pom.xml
index 521976fff6..b9605358b4 100644
--- a/metrics-yammer/pom.xml
+++ b/metrics-yammer/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0.Alpha6</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha6-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-metrics-yammer</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2d6f18e686..b85ace36b1 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.Alpha6</version>
+  <version>4.0.0.Alpha6-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.Alpha6</tag>
+    <tag>HEAD</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <developers>
diff --git a/tarball/pom.xml b/tarball/pom.xml
index 55c336100b..a6bf2c7ee3 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.Alpha6</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha6-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-tarball</artifactId>
diff --git a/testsuite/pom.xml b/testsuite/pom.xml
index e33b86b0ab..76a92ed472 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.Alpha6</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha6-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-testsuite</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport/pom.xml b/transport/pom.xml
index b15e9b1b20..e5733faf00 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.Alpha6</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha6-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport</artifactId>