diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index a400a6521..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-* update so I can push a new validator
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.convertors/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.convertors/pom.xml
index 0709a7094..73c56f080 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.convertors/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.convertors/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.hl7.fhir.core</artifactId>
-        <version>5.4.1</version>
+        <version>5.4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.dstu2/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.dstu2/pom.xml
index 95e11afa9..eb6a20be4 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.dstu2/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.dstu2/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.hl7.fhir.core</artifactId>
-		<version>5.4.1</version>
+		<version>5.4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016may/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016may/pom.xml
index 5fe226bd4..ea572c189 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016may/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016may/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.hl7.fhir.core</artifactId>
-		<version>5.4.1</version>
+		<version>5.4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.dstu3/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.dstu3/pom.xml
index 13657902b..ef52ea9b0 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.dstu3/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.dstu3/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.hl7.fhir.core</artifactId>
-        <version>5.4.1</version>
+        <version>5.4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.r4/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.r4/pom.xml
index 8af8eed19..6b6a4c970 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.r4/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.r4/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.hl7.fhir.core</artifactId>
-		<version>5.4.1</version>
+		<version>5.4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.r5/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.r5/pom.xml
index ed6b5aabb..357bf7557 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.r5/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.r5/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.hl7.fhir.core</artifactId>
-		<version>5.4.1</version>
+		<version>5.4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.report/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.report/pom.xml
index a64c5927a..76bf6d1a0 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.report/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.report/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.hl7.fhir.core</artifactId>
-        <version>5.4.1</version>
+        <version>5.4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/pom.xml
index 91dfee715..e558ca6b2 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.hl7.fhir.core</artifactId>
-        <version>5.4.1</version>
+        <version>5.4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.validation.cli/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.validation.cli/pom.xml
index 41531af10..967922ee3 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.validation.cli/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.validation.cli/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.hl7.fhir.core</artifactId>
-        <version>5.4.1</version>
+        <version>5.4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.validation/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.validation/pom.xml
index 6f6b7384f..047904507 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.validation/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.validation/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.hl7.fhir.core</artifactId>
-        <version>5.4.1</version>
+        <version>5.4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a03ede5af..f62121692 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     HAPI FHIR
     -->
     <artifactId>org.hl7.fhir.core</artifactId>
-    <version>5.4.1</version>
+    <version>5.4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <properties>