diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d8657d3..37a84b9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.openmicroscopy</groupId>
   <artifactId>metakit</artifactId>
-  <version>5.3.8</version>
+  <version>5.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>Metakit</name>
   <description>A library for reading Metakit database files.</description>