diff --git a/amps/ags/pom.xml b/amps/ags/pom.xml
index 360a72e1a3..3fbb271937 100644
--- a/amps/ags/pom.xml
+++ b/amps/ags/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
       <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-amps</artifactId>
-      <version>18.8</version>
+      <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
    </parent>
 
    <modules>
diff --git a/amps/ags/rm-automation/pom.xml b/amps/ags/rm-automation/pom.xml
index 78079c0e24..16c1511ed8 100644
--- a/amps/ags/rm-automation/pom.xml
+++ b/amps/ags/rm-automation/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
       <artifactId>alfresco-governance-services-community-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>18.8</version>
+      <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
    </parent>
 
    <modules>
diff --git a/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml b/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
index 104e5f3775..5d152b6252 100644
--- a/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
+++ b/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
       <artifactId>alfresco-governance-services-automation-community-repo</artifactId>
-      <version>18.8</version>
+      <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
    </parent>
 
    <build>
diff --git a/amps/ags/rm-community/pom.xml b/amps/ags/rm-community/pom.xml
index e5d71192f3..465adb7d0e 100644
--- a/amps/ags/rm-community/pom.xml
+++ b/amps/ags/rm-community/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
       <artifactId>alfresco-governance-services-community-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>18.8</version>
+      <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
    </parent>
 
    <modules>
diff --git a/amps/ags/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml b/amps/ags/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml
index 5d333a6a4d..57c84bb3c2 100644
--- a/amps/ags/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml
+++ b/amps/ags/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
       <artifactId>alfresco-governance-services-community-repo-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>18.8</version>
+      <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
    </parent>
 
    <properties>
diff --git a/amps/ags/rm-community/rm-community-rest-api-explorer/pom.xml b/amps/ags/rm-community/rm-community-rest-api-explorer/pom.xml
index 7f852f2f46..57f5052b3e 100644
--- a/amps/ags/rm-community/rm-community-rest-api-explorer/pom.xml
+++ b/amps/ags/rm-community/rm-community-rest-api-explorer/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-governance-services-community-repo-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>18.8</version>
+        <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/amps/pom.xml b/amps/pom.xml
index e489a83cd1..2a8e42d23a 100644
--- a/amps/pom.xml
+++ b/amps/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>18.8</version>
+        <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/amps/share-services/pom.xml b/amps/share-services/pom.xml
index 208699d614..0e505271e1 100644
--- a/amps/share-services/pom.xml
+++ b/amps/share-services/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-amps</artifactId>
-        <version>18.8</version>
+        <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 3a5b951713..fe3bc0c05d 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
       <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-      <version>18.8</version>
+      <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
    </parent>
 
    <dependencies>
diff --git a/data-model/pom.xml b/data-model/pom.xml
index d54c5f4f78..4a9b334bc6 100644
--- a/data-model/pom.xml
+++ b/data-model/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>18.8</version>
+        <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/mmt/pom.xml b/mmt/pom.xml
index 23f0d94b0f..7f9a56eff9 100644
--- a/mmt/pom.xml
+++ b/mmt/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>18.8</version>
+        <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/packaging/distribution/pom.xml b/packaging/distribution/pom.xml
index 0c91390a9c..661b053deb 100644
--- a/packaging/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-packaging</artifactId>
-        <version>18.8</version>
+        <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 </project>
diff --git a/packaging/docker-alfresco/pom.xml b/packaging/docker-alfresco/pom.xml
index 6b7ec942fa..c73b07ff81 100644
--- a/packaging/docker-alfresco/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/docker-alfresco/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-packaging</artifactId>
-        <version>18.8</version>
+        <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/packaging/pom.xml b/packaging/pom.xml
index 59e9672d2f..9ecd66914a 100644
--- a/packaging/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>18.8</version>
+        <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/pom.xml
index aff94232b5..98988726f9 100644
--- a/packaging/tests/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/tests/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-packaging</artifactId>
-        <version>18.8</version>
+        <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-cmis/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-cmis/pom.xml
index 2b8ae50a7d..bb88e9dc8e 100644
--- a/packaging/tests/tas-cmis/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/tests/tas-cmis/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>18.8</version>
+        <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <organization>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-email/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-email/pom.xml
index 230b623410..f5d08b3273 100644
--- a/packaging/tests/tas-email/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/tests/tas-email/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>18.8</version>
+        <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <developers>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-integration/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-integration/pom.xml
index 321792dbca..f4ec6e0be9 100644
--- a/packaging/tests/tas-integration/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/tests/tas-integration/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>18.8</version>
+        <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <developers>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml
index 0b7769e6a7..d17990dcf5 100644
--- a/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>18.8</version>
+        <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <developers>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-webdav/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-webdav/pom.xml
index b2272da850..0582d7116a 100644
--- a/packaging/tests/tas-webdav/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/tests/tas-webdav/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>18.8</version>
+        <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <developers>
diff --git a/packaging/war/pom.xml b/packaging/war/pom.xml
index 75e3d7989a..8b66bdfcea 100644
--- a/packaging/war/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/war/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-packaging</artifactId>
-        <version>18.8</version>
+        <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index da3fbefb0c..03d3205ad3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-    <version>18.8</version>
+    <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Alfresco Community Repo Parent</name>
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-community-repo.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-community-repo.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-community-repo</url>
-        <tag>18.8</tag>
+        <tag>HEAD</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <distributionManagement>
diff --git a/remote-api/pom.xml b/remote-api/pom.xml
index a4fbba5623..c06505124e 100644
--- a/remote-api/pom.xml
+++ b/remote-api/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>18.8</version>
+        <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/repository/pom.xml b/repository/pom.xml
index c062e19165..749d90636d 100644
--- a/repository/pom.xml
+++ b/repository/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>18.8</version>
+        <version>18.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>