diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3abe08d46be..5f3e3bc3b7e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
     <artifactId>elasticsearch-analysis-icu</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0</version>
+    <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <description>ICU Analysis for ElasticSearch</description>
     <inceptionYear>2009</inceptionYear>