diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 42ebaf77d7..3661e20f27 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <inceptionYear>2005</inceptionYear>
 
   <properties>
-    <activemq-version>5.4.0</activemq-version>
+    <activemq-version>5.5-SNAPSHOT</activemq-version>
     <siteId>activemq-${activemq-version}</siteId>
     <projectName>Apache ActiveMQ</projectName>
     <!-- base url for site deployment.  See distribution management for full url.  Override this in settings.xml for staging -->