diff --git a/activemq-all/pom.xml b/activemq-all/pom.xml
index c1bba83cf0..dc3ba335e7 100644
--- a/activemq-all/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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diff --git a/activemq-book/pom.xml b/activemq-book/pom.xml
index 0697fb8c37..13f0f3ab00 100644
--- a/activemq-book/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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diff --git a/activemq-camel/pom.xml b/activemq-camel/pom.xml
index e1067f77ff..002b682dc3 100755
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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diff --git a/activemq-console/pom.xml b/activemq-console/pom.xml
index 8b0b34c899..8df86e5677 100644
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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diff --git a/activemq-core/pom.xml b/activemq-core/pom.xml
index cf1a152cb7..51d68b7323 100755
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diff --git a/activemq-fileserver/pom.xml b/activemq-fileserver/pom.xml
index c9ccf72247..d7bb76f992 100755
--- a/activemq-fileserver/pom.xml
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index 71425beb2a..1a2c759cbf 100644
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diff --git a/activemq-jmdns_1.0/pom.xml b/activemq-jmdns_1.0/pom.xml
index 24729a37e7..cbacdba20f 100644
--- a/activemq-jmdns_1.0/pom.xml
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diff --git a/activemq-jpa-store/pom.xml b/activemq-jpa-store/pom.xml
index 2c76653d52..fe0f000d26 100755
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diff --git a/activemq-openwire-generator/pom.xml b/activemq-openwire-generator/pom.xml
index c2787da907..68c7ee405c 100644
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diff --git a/activemq-optional/pom.xml b/activemq-optional/pom.xml
index a9efcb6015..6789c26c68 100755
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diff --git a/activemq-pool/pom.xml b/activemq-pool/pom.xml
index d488068cd7..1e67d294dd 100755
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diff --git a/activemq-ra/pom.xml b/activemq-ra/pom.xml
index a46c85c4c5..cd578c092e 100755
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diff --git a/activemq-rar/pom.xml b/activemq-rar/pom.xml
index 8f880cfe73..4f8bde9839 100644
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diff --git a/activemq-run/pom.xml b/activemq-run/pom.xml
index c035e29d4d..e0eff32a44 100644
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index bb76c99e13..2d2315992d 100755
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diff --git a/activemq-tooling/maven-activemq-memtest-plugin/pom.xml b/activemq-tooling/maven-activemq-memtest-plugin/pom.xml
index cb6f335677..48e380a1b8 100644
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diff --git a/activemq-tooling/maven-activemq-perf-plugin/pom.xml b/activemq-tooling/maven-activemq-perf-plugin/pom.xml
index 02228397fc..030e810da7 100644
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diff --git a/activemq-tooling/maven-activemq-plugin/pom.xml b/activemq-tooling/maven-activemq-plugin/pom.xml
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diff --git a/activemq-tooling/pom.xml b/activemq-tooling/pom.xml
index f692216152..2a1d38f011 100644
--- a/activemq-tooling/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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diff --git a/activemq-web-console/pom.xml b/activemq-web-console/pom.xml
index 88852547fb..9e8ddfea6f 100755
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diff --git a/activemq-web-demo/pom.xml b/activemq-web-demo/pom.xml
index 945b5e7b49..189c6e73f2 100755
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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diff --git a/activemq-web/pom.xml b/activemq-web/pom.xml
index 38e7bf8ecb..ac5f0ac36f 100755
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diff --git a/activemq-xmpp/pom.xml b/activemq-xmpp/pom.xml
index 1edf52ba40..5180f9bc48 100755
--- a/activemq-xmpp/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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diff --git a/assembly/pom.xml b/assembly/pom.xml
index 759586f307..6da6244a21 100755
--- a/assembly/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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diff --git a/kahadb/pom.xml b/kahadb/pom.xml
index 711a770c3f..9782ba6ac5 100755
--- a/kahadb/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5ced73071f..6ecc7a100b 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
 
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-  <version>5.3.0</version>
+  <version>5.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
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   <name>ActiveMQ</name>
   <inceptionYear>2005</inceptionYear>
 
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-    <activemq-version>5.3.0</activemq-version>
+    <activemq-version>5.3-SNAPSHOT</activemq-version>
     <siteId>activemq-${activemq-version}</siteId>
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@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@
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-    <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/activemq/tags/activemq-5.3.0</url>
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+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/activemq/branches/activemq-5.3</developerConnection>
+    <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/activemq/branches/activemq-5.3</url>
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   <!-- This is only here since the activemq-protobuf plugin has not been released yet -->