diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index a18d0bf0c23..d0c4b305d78 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+jetty-9.1.0-SNAPSHOT
+
 jetty-9.1.0.RC1 - 31 October 2013
  + 294531 Unpacking webapp twice to the same directory name causes problems
    with updated jars in WEB-INF/lib