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+++ b/hbase-shell/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.3</version>
+    <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-shell</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-testing-util/pom.xml b/hbase-testing-util/pom.xml
index 8ff0129fec3..26345ce4f66 100644
--- a/hbase-testing-util/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-testing-util/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-        <version>2.4.3</version>
+        <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-testing-util</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-thrift/pom.xml b/hbase-thrift/pom.xml
index 588a01b843c..1457b7c8226 100644
--- a/hbase-thrift/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-thrift/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.3</version>
+    <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-thrift</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-zookeeper/pom.xml b/hbase-zookeeper/pom.xml
index f183631cdb3..d6aa374c690 100644
--- a/hbase-zookeeper/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-zookeeper/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.3</version>
+    <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-zookeeper</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fbdcab8b51d..e962d786c46 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
   <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.4.3</version>
+  <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>Apache HBase</name>
   <description>
     Apache HBase™ is the Hadoop database. Use it when you need