diff --git a/csv/pom.xml b/csv/pom.xml
index 3b21eeaf..d37596a4 100644
--- a/csv/pom.xml
+++ b/csv/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-text</artifactId>
-    <version>2.9.7</version>
+    <version>2.9.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-csv</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-dataformat-CSV</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 31db1ce2..7dcb443b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-text</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson dataformats: Text</name>
-  <version>2.9.7</version>
+  <version>2.9.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <description>Parent pom for Jackson text-based dataformats (as opposed to binary).
   </description>
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-text.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-text.git</developerConnection>
     <url>http://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-text</url>    
-    <tag>jackson-dataformats-text-2.9.7</tag>
+    <tag>HEAD</tag>
   </scm>
   <issueManagement>
     <url>https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-text/issues</url>
diff --git a/properties/pom.xml b/properties/pom.xml
index e3a02138..15ce8d43 100644
--- a/properties/pom.xml
+++ b/properties/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-text</artifactId>
-    <version>2.9.7</version>
+    <version>2.9.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-properties</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-dataformat-Properties</name>
diff --git a/yaml/pom.xml b/yaml/pom.xml
index 2db85ddc..be7d37fc 100644
--- a/yaml/pom.xml
+++ b/yaml/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-text</artifactId>
-    <version>2.9.7</version>
+    <version>2.9.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>