diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 68e172dcc7..17fbf372b4 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
       <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-      <version>9.6</version>
+      <version>9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
    </parent>
 
    <dependencies>
diff --git a/data-model/pom.xml b/data-model/pom.xml
index 65cf05e62b..4b682f01b5 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>9.6</version>
+        <version>9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/packaging/distribution/pom.xml b/packaging/distribution/pom.xml
index ae832efbab..08ad7c6fb6 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>9.6</version>
+        <version>9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 </project>
diff --git a/packaging/docker-alfresco/pom.xml b/packaging/docker-alfresco/pom.xml
index 2351202708..0557772c47 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>9.6</version>
+        <version>9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/packaging/pom.xml b/packaging/pom.xml
index 47a5c1fca7..31eea91ce6 100644
--- a/packaging/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>9.6</version>
+        <version>9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <profiles>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/pom.xml
index 788a494161..42eaae540a 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>9.6</version>
+        <version>9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-cmis/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-cmis/pom.xml
index 3bf8a6f6d8..4a65475e3c 100644
--- a/packaging/tests/tas-cmis/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/tests/tas-cmis/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>9.6</version>
+        <version>9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <developers>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-email/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-email/pom.xml
index e491ea2a41..4c6050834a 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>9.6</version>
+        <version>9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <developers>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-integration/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-integration/pom.xml
index 6bc3b2b9e5..b354aec2ac 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>9.6</version>
+        <version>9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <developers>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml
index f863fe5345..97c2c02b40 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>9.6</version>
+        <version>9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <developers>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-webdav/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-webdav/pom.xml
index d30a9638fd..284127c53b 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>9.6</version>
+        <version>9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <developers>
diff --git a/packaging/war/pom.xml b/packaging/war/pom.xml
index 8f2e13708b..f6c88d30b2 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>9.6</version>
+        <version>9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 79f3c03a52..ff2c362bbf 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>9.6</version>
+    <version>9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Alfresco Community Repo Parent</name>
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
         <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>9.6</tag>
+        <tag>HEAD</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <distributionManagement>
diff --git a/remote-api/pom.xml b/remote-api/pom.xml
index 41245f7cde..ce0d315671 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>9.6</version>
+        <version>9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/repository/pom.xml b/repository/pom.xml
index 2c5750ba45..790d989735 100644
--- a/repository/pom.xml
+++ b/repository/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>9.6</version>
+        <version>9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>