diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 5fdf715abb0..ef17b61a9ee 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+jetty-9.3.10-SNAPSHOT
+
 jetty-9.3.10.M0 - 26 May 2016
  + 354 Spin loop in case of exception thrown during accept()
  + 464 Improve reporting of SSLHandshakeException