diff --git a/fluent-hc/pom.xml b/fluent-hc/pom.xml
index ae6c0b38a..e0f43a46a 100644
--- a/fluent-hc/pom.xml
+++ b/fluent-hc/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.5-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>fluent-hc</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient Fluent API</name>
diff --git a/httpclient-cache/pom.xml b/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
index cd20d7ad0..20f9a4dba 100644
--- a/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.5-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient-cache</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient Cache</name>
diff --git a/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml b/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
index c2e8988ac..1a01dea8f 100644
--- a/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.5-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient-osgi</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient OSGi bundle</name>
diff --git a/httpclient-win/pom.xml b/httpclient-win/pom.xml
index e34c22687..e473a2bec 100644
--- a/httpclient-win/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-win/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.5-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient-win</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient Windows features</name>
diff --git a/httpclient/pom.xml b/httpclient/pom.xml
index 119cd27d0..09ddc0767 100644
--- a/httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.5-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient</name>
diff --git a/httpmime/pom.xml b/httpmime/pom.xml
index 0db9ac4af..1aa8f4264 100644
--- a/httpmime/pom.xml
+++ b/httpmime/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.5-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpmime</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient Mime</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5aaeb8897..f6d1be5a7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpComponents Client</name>
-  <version>4.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.5-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Apache HttpComponents Client is a library of components for building client side HTTP services</description>
   <url>http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client</url>
   <inceptionYear>1999</inceptionYear>