diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index ce59a026d19..43cf8409199 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+jetty-7.6.6-SNAPSHOT
+
 jetty-7.6.5.v20120713 - 13 July 2012
  + 376717 Balancer Servlet with round robin support, contribution, added
    missing license