diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index fc04cd38a70..c6af81e37ff 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+jetty-8.1.0-SNAPSHOT
+
 jetty-8.1.0.RC1 - 06 December 2011
  + 360245 The version of the javax.servlet packages to import is 2.6 instead of
    3.0