diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 0b3c55cec..7b06c6ab5 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,39 +1,7 @@
 ## Validator Changes
 
-Post DevDays Release - many significant changes!
-
-* Add ```-watch-mode``` parameter (See [doco](https://confluence.hl7.org/display/FHIR/Using+the+FHIR+Validator#UsingtheFHIRValidator-Watchmode))
-* Start checking constraint expressions defined in profiles and logical models, and update FHIRPath for logical models
-* Start checking ElementDefinition.mustHaveValue and ElementDefinition.valueAlternatives
-* Start validating derived questionnaires 
-* Tighten up checking on FHIRPath - enforce use of ```'```, and don't accept ```"``` for string delimiters
-* Add ```-allow-double-quotes-in-fhirpath``` parameter ([doco](https://confluence.hl7.org/display/FHIR/Using+the+FHIR+Validator#UsingtheFHIRValidator-LegacyFHIRPathSetting))
-* Fix error when validating profiles that mix canonical() and Reference() types
-* Fix extension context checking 
-* Fix erroneous FHIRPath expression eld-11 when loading
-* Fix incomplete support for ```-display-issues-are-warnings``` parameter
-* Fix broken NullFlavor binding in R4 
-* Fix various NPE errors doing value set validation (+ logging tx operations)
-* Minor performance improvements to start up time
-* Auto-update implied slicing elements when min < slice min
-
+* no changes
 
 ## Other code changes
 
-* Add CodeQL to the build process
-* Various NPE fixes
-* Add getValueAsString(TemporalPrecisionEnum) method to date/time types
-* Fix rendering for unresolvable ValueSets
-* Remove r4b eclipse project files
-* Upgrade multiple dependency libraries (per CodeQL)
-* Only record sorting errors when generating snapshots when debug mode is on
-* Tighten up SSL certificate checking 
-* Partial refactor of CLI parameter handling 
-* Fix path regex (per CodeQL)
-* Remove erroneous logging from conversion tests
-* Rendering improvements for various profile related extensions
-* More work on TxTests operation (lenient wrt extensions)
-* Fix handling of summary extension (delete duplicate tools summary extension, and don't inherit it)
-* Reprocess URLs in Markdown extensions on both StructureDefinition and ElementDefinition
-* Improve URL detection in markdown when reprocessing URLs
-
+* no changes
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.convertors/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.convertors/pom.xml
index dece46c08..bc6e99f4e 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>6.0.16</version>
+        <version>6.0.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.dstu2/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.dstu2/pom.xml
index 7c64936d5..293b53112 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>6.0.16</version>
+		<version>6.0.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016may/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016may/pom.xml
index 96e1dc352..ef644371b 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>6.0.16</version>
+		<version>6.0.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.dstu3/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.dstu3/pom.xml
index 83edf63a3..e6953e9c9 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>6.0.16</version>
+        <version>6.0.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.r4/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.r4/pom.xml
index 0739fb75d..c4d2a664a 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>6.0.16</version>
+		<version>6.0.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.r4b/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.r4b/pom.xml
index 2dd402361..07ab51995 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.r4b/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.r4b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.hl7.fhir.core</artifactId>
-		<version>6.0.16</version>
+		<version>6.0.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.r5/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.r5/pom.xml
index e135ba421..26580b5aa 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>6.0.16</version>
+		<version>6.0.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.report/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.report/pom.xml
index 555d49421..1fe074ee7 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>6.0.16</version>
+        <version>6.0.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/pom.xml
index e9e66da75..8debd7599 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>6.0.16</version>
+        <version>6.0.17-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 b22b84b6b..4bfb1a435 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>6.0.16</version>
+        <version>6.0.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.validation/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.validation/pom.xml
index 1b5fd46c8..0e9e3d03f 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>6.0.16</version>
+        <version>6.0.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3b38535f1..00b149405 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     HAPI FHIR
     -->
     <artifactId>org.hl7.fhir.core</artifactId>
-    <version>6.0.16</version>
+    <version>6.0.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <properties>