diff --git a/all/pom.xml b/all/pom.xml
index 8127d7a4a5..13b2912869 100644
--- a/all/pom.xml
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index 3caa8b2103..da96a0f7b1 100644
--- a/bom/pom.xml
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diff --git a/buffer/pom.xml b/buffer/pom.xml
index fe31fde29d..adb334ba19 100644
--- a/buffer/pom.xml
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index 831e755ad0..713f1ee184 100644
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index 0566893924..9cc5606fdc 100644
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index 8e531f4ea4..b4a1ea04c5 100644
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index cc1cc2d219..4e2418cd6e 100644
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index 2578101cc5..2459751f99 100644
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diff --git a/microbench/pom.xml b/microbench/pom.xml
index f2991fa1e8..0b3fcc920e 100644
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 747fca9c3e..7b0accc0fd 100644
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diff --git a/testsuite-shading/pom.xml b/testsuite-shading/pom.xml
index 9b258af83f..15ebe2f1e0 100644
--- a/testsuite-shading/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuite-shading/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.1.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-testsuite-shading</artifactId>
diff --git a/testsuite/pom.xml b/testsuite/pom.xml
index f489d0e6fe..395820d940 100644
--- a/testsuite/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuite/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.1.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-testsuite</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/pom.xml b/transport-native-epoll/pom.xml
index d0f99a43f0..257bbc6f49 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>4.1.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.1.40.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 2fa252d059..7c9e44945c 100644
--- a/transport-native-kqueue/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-native-kqueue/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.1.40.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 fde01812bf..05c498d45c 100644
--- a/transport-native-unix-common-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-native-unix-common-tests/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.1.40.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 8c86d48a63..eeb394c68c 100644
--- a/transport-native-unix-common/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-native-unix-common/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
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+    <version>4.1.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>netty-transport-native-unix-common</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/transport-rxtx/pom.xml b/transport-rxtx/pom.xml
index 000b561a6d..aa2dd8591d 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>4.1.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.1.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport-rxtx</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport-sctp/pom.xml b/transport-sctp/pom.xml
index dfe5389ee5..aa664a42f4 100644
--- a/transport-sctp/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-sctp/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
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     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1.39.Final</version>
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   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport-sctp</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport-udt/pom.xml b/transport-udt/pom.xml
index cb9d5c6b02..d3b27ba3f4 100644
--- a/transport-udt/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-udt/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <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 abe4b73603..15335c2d7a 100644
--- a/transport/pom.xml
+++ b/transport/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1.39.Final</version>
+    <version>4.1.40.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport</artifactId>