diff --git a/amps/ags/pom.xml b/amps/ags/pom.xml
index 5b8f2e1932..80163d977e 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>18.4</version>
+      <version>18.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
    </parent>
 
    <modules>
diff --git a/amps/ags/rm-automation/pom.xml b/amps/ags/rm-automation/pom.xml
index 51c7260e17..41c0f071b7 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>18.4</version>
+      <version>18.5-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 34a2040908..3fe8e4bd42 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>18.4</version>
+      <version>18.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
    </parent>
 
    <build>
diff --git a/amps/ags/rm-community/pom.xml b/amps/ags/rm-community/pom.xml
index 605e8ee968..8e6728120d 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>18.4</version>
+      <version>18.5-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 4c2bf2299c..a181af31eb 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>18.4</version>
+      <version>18.5-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 a2874737b8..db8d52888b 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>18.4</version>
+        <version>18.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/amps/pom.xml b/amps/pom.xml
index 5c8539857c..7f367cabb4 100644
--- a/amps/pom.xml
+++ b/amps/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>18.4</version>
+        <version>18.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/amps/share-services/pom.xml b/amps/share-services/pom.xml
index 914c1777fb..c2625d3bf7 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>18.4</version>
+        <version>18.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 9c810f9988..fcc7e32c87 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
       <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-      <version>18.4</version>
+      <version>18.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
    </parent>
 
    <dependencies>
diff --git a/data-model/pom.xml b/data-model/pom.xml
index 44a2a3a40e..3b7aaa01ab 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>18.4</version>
+        <version>18.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/mmt/pom.xml b/mmt/pom.xml
index 995f7ef991..6a8efce2fe 100644
--- a/mmt/pom.xml
+++ b/mmt/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>18.4</version>
+        <version>18.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/packaging/distribution/pom.xml b/packaging/distribution/pom.xml
index eb2438e7e0..b08619d5df 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>18.4</version>
+        <version>18.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 </project>
diff --git a/packaging/docker-alfresco/pom.xml b/packaging/docker-alfresco/pom.xml
index 66c3348559..729e3795b2 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>18.4</version>
+        <version>18.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/packaging/pom.xml b/packaging/pom.xml
index 3a5728b793..e11c32ccbf 100644
--- a/packaging/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>18.4</version>
+        <version>18.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/pom.xml
index df50d79bf6..1a4e036eeb 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>18.4</version>
+        <version>18.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-cmis/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-cmis/pom.xml
index cccd611267..6b19acc3ca 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>18.4</version>
+        <version>18.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <organization>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-email/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-email/pom.xml
index 4d2d9d395a..897dcc52ca 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>18.4</version>
+        <version>18.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <developers>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-integration/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-integration/pom.xml
index 4ed3dfc2ea..dbcfcb2bd8 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>18.4</version>
+        <version>18.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <developers>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml
index ff00f59489..8b4c978a1f 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>18.4</version>
+        <version>18.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <developers>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-webdav/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-webdav/pom.xml
index 4853a28c01..d694eb269c 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>18.4</version>
+        <version>18.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <developers>
diff --git a/packaging/war/pom.xml b/packaging/war/pom.xml
index 9b83dc1f55..6c9a7570b8 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>18.4</version>
+        <version>18.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 31acca2485..0e33a988fc 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>18.4</version>
+    <version>18.5-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>18.4</tag>
+        <tag>HEAD</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <distributionManagement>
diff --git a/remote-api/pom.xml b/remote-api/pom.xml
index ebcea1ccc2..3f1d793607 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>18.4</version>
+        <version>18.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/repository/pom.xml b/repository/pom.xml
index cecdb0ec5e..33a3da26ec 100644
--- a/repository/pom.xml
+++ b/repository/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>18.4</version>
+        <version>18.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>