diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a52e993972..216aa66ed1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>TestNG</name>
-  <version>6.9.0</version>
+  <version>6.9.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>TestNG is a testing framework.</description>
   <url>http://testng.org</url>