diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index a4ec44081..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-* adding fix for R4 when target profile is a reference, and that reference returns an empty list of target profiles
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.convertors/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.convertors/pom.xml
index 1046c5a8c..150b899e1 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.convertors/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.convertors/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir
org.hl7.fhir.core
- 5.3.8
+ 5.3.9-SNAPSHOT
../pom.xml
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.dstu2/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.dstu2/pom.xml
index 366ca1647..164e2a4c8 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.dstu2/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.dstu2/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir
org.hl7.fhir.core
- 5.3.8
+ 5.3.9-SNAPSHOT
../pom.xml
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016may/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016may/pom.xml
index c96fb280e..dd3149d81 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016may/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016may/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir
org.hl7.fhir.core
- 5.3.8
+ 5.3.9-SNAPSHOT
../pom.xml
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.dstu3/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.dstu3/pom.xml
index 8f5f3a994..8d297ebe5 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.dstu3/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.dstu3/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir
org.hl7.fhir.core
- 5.3.8
+ 5.3.9-SNAPSHOT
../pom.xml
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.r4/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.r4/pom.xml
index 5da094d35..dd1896db2 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.r4/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.r4/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir
org.hl7.fhir.core
- 5.3.8
+ 5.3.9-SNAPSHOT
../pom.xml
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.r5/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.r5/pom.xml
index 2a4968bda..f00cdc661 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.r5/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.r5/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir
org.hl7.fhir.core
- 5.3.8
+ 5.3.9-SNAPSHOT
../pom.xml
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.report/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.report/pom.xml
index c611b4585..eb90ddd3f 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.report/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.report/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir
org.hl7.fhir.core
- 5.3.8
+ 5.3.9-SNAPSHOT
../pom.xml
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/pom.xml
index 750db48b6..a19311a2a 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir
org.hl7.fhir.core
- 5.3.8
+ 5.3.9-SNAPSHOT
../pom.xml
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.validation.cli/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.validation.cli/pom.xml
index cebf401d8..394caf113 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.validation.cli/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.validation.cli/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir
org.hl7.fhir.core
- 5.3.8
+ 5.3.9-SNAPSHOT
../pom.xml
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.validation/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.validation/pom.xml
index 6ce02201e..580e97982 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.validation/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.validation/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir
org.hl7.fhir.core
- 5.3.8
+ 5.3.9-SNAPSHOT
../pom.xml
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 782c8b8e7..8d4c2f5ff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
HAPI FHIR
-->
org.hl7.fhir.core
- 5.3.8
+ 5.3.9-SNAPSHOT
pom