diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e4eef919f..75b464d20 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>net.imglib2</groupId>
 	<artifactId>imglib2</artifactId>
-	<version>6.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>ImgLib2 Core Library</name>
 	<description>A multidimensional, type-agnostic image processing library.</description>