diff --git a/cassandra-storage/pom.xml b/cassandra-storage/pom.xml
index bef703bd8ce..c00e5c06ec0 100644
--- a/cassandra-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/cassandra-storage/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 2ff6a8ba33a..25a401b89e2 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 14404ce41a4..9bc082f6073 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 2729e6bbfc1..eb10599038e 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 605c5380028..a39654f5659 100644
--- a/hll/pom.xml
+++ b/hll/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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     <dependencies>
diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/pom.xml b/indexing-hadoop/pom.xml
index 6b72481d70b..6a4f9139cb5 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/pom.xml
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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diff --git a/indexing-service/pom.xml b/indexing-service/pom.xml
index bb7dc84d4c9..dd409f83f85 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 db5e0fdc44d..a2776a641e6 100644
--- a/kafka-eight/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-eight/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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+        <version>0.6.98-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <dependencies>
diff --git a/kafka-seven/pom.xml b/kafka-seven/pom.xml
index 33c905f3a86..4c0733f5b57 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 d8d938c6ea5..26d4bb19d7a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
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+    <version>0.6.98-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>druid</name>
     <description>druid</description>
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         <url>http://www.github.com/metamx/druid</url>
-        <tag>druid-0.6.97</tag>
+        <tag>druid-0.6.96-SNAPSHOT</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <prerequisites>
diff --git a/processing/pom.xml b/processing/pom.xml
index 22c785e1185..6b738f43455 100644
--- a/processing/pom.xml
+++ b/processing/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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     <dependencies>
diff --git a/rabbitmq/pom.xml b/rabbitmq/pom.xml
index 81f5743d2b3..8d2de869793 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 ae9439c5d77..8c6ab9c158d 100644
--- a/s3-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/s3-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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+        <version>0.6.98-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <dependencies>
diff --git a/server/pom.xml b/server/pom.xml
index d9f1db19761..cacb7f034dd 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 3d03d36ed24..b5976a46454 100644
--- a/services/pom.xml
+++ b/services/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
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