diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 428bc7737..11e98cbd1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-elasticsearch</artifactId>
-		<version>4.4.15</version>
+		<version>4.4.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 		<parent>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>