diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 88e85bdf9..2b4dc93a9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
-  <version>4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>Apache Commons Collections</name>
 
   <inceptionYear>2001</inceptionYear>