diff --git a/cassandra-storage/pom.xml b/cassandra-storage/pom.xml
index 06a27323431..d0f877cbffe 100644
--- a/cassandra-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/cassandra-storage/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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     <dependencies>
diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 7b08ce5138b..864d8da72b4 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 83675cf51a9..3e6cbaec202 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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     <dependencies>
diff --git a/hdfs-storage/pom.xml b/hdfs-storage/pom.xml
index 00488418a46..77738bd940e 100644
--- a/hdfs-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/hdfs-storage/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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     <dependencies>
diff --git a/hll/pom.xml b/hll/pom.xml
index d8573ecc283..c1b66468d3a 100644
--- a/hll/pom.xml
+++ b/hll/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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+        <version>0.6.97-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <dependencies>
diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/pom.xml b/indexing-hadoop/pom.xml
index df60bffc18e..26510cd6117 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/pom.xml
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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     <dependencies>
diff --git a/indexing-service/pom.xml b/indexing-service/pom.xml
index e53bfa48b19..175083fd785 100644
--- a/indexing-service/pom.xml
+++ b/indexing-service/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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     <dependencies>
diff --git a/kafka-eight/pom.xml b/kafka-eight/pom.xml
index e73e6e596db..b285c5dd478 100644
--- a/kafka-eight/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-eight/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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+        <version>0.6.97-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <dependencies>
diff --git a/kafka-seven/pom.xml b/kafka-seven/pom.xml
index 4bf548e8e7b..2a7f8d2cb35 100644
--- a/kafka-seven/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-seven/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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     <dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c59291bea51..c850609bd7e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
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     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>0.6.96</version>
+    <version>0.6.97-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <description>druid</description>
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         <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/metamx/druid.git</developerConnection>
         <url>http://www.github.com/metamx/druid</url>
-        <tag>druid-0.6.96</tag>
+        <tag>druid-0.6.96-SNAPSHOT</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <prerequisites>
diff --git a/processing/pom.xml b/processing/pom.xml
index 116a85643d5..25decbe9584 100644
--- a/processing/pom.xml
+++ b/processing/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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+        <version>0.6.97-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <dependencies>
diff --git a/rabbitmq/pom.xml b/rabbitmq/pom.xml
index 850a866f5b5..0ebe7d90b74 100644
--- a/rabbitmq/pom.xml
+++ b/rabbitmq/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
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     <dependencies>
diff --git a/s3-extensions/pom.xml b/s3-extensions/pom.xml
index 534d07bd67b..bf4d5f79297 100644
--- a/s3-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/s3-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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-        <version>0.6.96</version>
+        <version>0.6.97-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <dependencies>
diff --git a/server/pom.xml b/server/pom.xml
index e319de26138..9728f77866f 100644
--- a/server/pom.xml
+++ b/server/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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     <dependencies>
diff --git a/services/pom.xml b/services/pom.xml
index dede0c6c364..37b46be1e72 100644
--- a/services/pom.xml
+++ b/services/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
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