diff --git a/maven/pom.xml b/maven/pom.xml
index fadd6516f1..e584ea664d 100644
--- a/maven/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16</version>
+    <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.maven</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-maven-plugins</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-maven-plugins</name>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/maven/scm-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/maven/scm-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 999b23ca97..beea26afd7 100644
--- a/maven/scm-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/scm-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-maven-plugins</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.maven</groupId>
-    <version>1.16</version>
+    <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   
   <groupId>sonia.scm.maven</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
   <name>scm-maven-plugin</name>
 
diff --git a/maven/scm-plugin-archetype/pom.xml b/maven/scm-plugin-archetype/pom.xml
index 4b0a5ed354..931bad0a01 100644
--- a/maven/scm-plugin-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/scm-plugin-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-maven-plugins</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.maven</groupId>
-    <version>1.16</version>
+    <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.maven</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-plugin-archetype</artifactId>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-plugin-archetype</name>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0ace198a0a..db1bb49860 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>
     The easiest way to share your Git, Mercurial
     and Subversion repositories over http.
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <connection>scm:hg:http://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:hg:https://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager</developerConnection>
     <url>http://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager</url>
-    <tag>1.16</tag>
+    <tag>HEAD</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <issueManagement>
diff --git a/scm-clients/pom.xml b/scm-clients/pom.xml
index 26c4beb300..2a8f241d6a 100644
--- a/scm-clients/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-clients/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16</version>
+    <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-clients</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-clients</name>
 
   <modules>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/pom.xml b/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/pom.xml
index d334fc1788..c3eb4276fa 100644
--- a/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-clients</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
-    <version>1.16</version>
+    <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   
   <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-cli-client</artifactId>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-cli-client</name>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-client-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
diff --git a/scm-clients/scm-client-api/pom.xml b/scm-clients/scm-client-api/pom.xml
index c15dd0acd9..11c2d5b26b 100644
--- a/scm-clients/scm-client-api/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-clients/scm-client-api/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm-clients</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16</version>
+    <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-client-api</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-client-api</name>
   
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/scm-clients/scm-client-impl/pom.xml b/scm-clients/scm-client-impl/pom.xml
index 9b4083f324..4bf887cab0 100644
--- a/scm-clients/scm-client-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-clients/scm-client-impl/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm-clients</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16</version>
+    <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-client-impl</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-client-impl</name>
   
   <dependencies>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <artifactId>aopalliance</artifactId>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.clients</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-client-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     
diff --git a/scm-core/pom.xml b/scm-core/pom.xml
index cb2ad9f16b..bedccaf606 100644
--- a/scm-core/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-core/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
-    <version>1.16</version>
+    <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-core</name>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/scm-dao-orientdb/pom.xml b/scm-dao-orientdb/pom.xml
index 56303f5269..8b51c104eb 100644
--- a/scm-dao-orientdb/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-dao-orientdb/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16</version>
+    <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-dao-orientdb</artifactId>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-dao-orientdb</name>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     
diff --git a/scm-dao-xml/pom.xml b/scm-dao-xml/pom.xml
index 54209d0dd8..c6d49f47d2 100644
--- a/scm-dao-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-dao-xml/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16</version>
+    <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-dao-xml</artifactId>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-dao-xml</name>
   
   <dependencies>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <!-- test -->
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     
diff --git a/scm-plugin-backend/pom.xml b/scm-plugin-backend/pom.xml
index f7c71a6807..0db75ef201 100644
--- a/scm-plugin-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugin-backend/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
-    <version>1.16</version>
+    <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-plugin-backend</artifactId>
   <packaging>war</packaging>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/scm-plugins/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/pom.xml
index 543fc7acaf..f1917c6cf6 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16</version>
+    <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-plugins</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-plugins</name>
 
   <modules>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>sonia.scm.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>scm-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.16</version>
+        <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>process-resources</phase>
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
index 3a1ab1f7d0..41cdd07593 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-plugins</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
-    <version>1.16</version>
+    <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-git-plugin</artifactId>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-git-plugin</name>
   <url>https://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager</url>
   <description>Plugin for the version control system Git</description>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/pom.xml
index acc4673c07..c7375aae1d 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16</version>
+    <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-hg-plugin</artifactId>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-hg-plugin</name>
   <url>https://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager</url>
   <description>Plugin for the version control system Mercurial</description>
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml
index 63c2d461ce..9bb9a7e32c 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-plugins</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
-    <version>1.16</version>
+    <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-svn-plugin</artifactId>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-svn-plugin</name>
   <url>https://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager</url>
   <description>Plugin for the version control system Subversion</description>
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/scm-samples/pom.xml b/scm-samples/pom.xml
index 402970e3db..def37d44c7 100644
--- a/scm-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-samples/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16</version>
+    <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.samples</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-samples</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-samples</name>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/scm-samples/scm-sample-auth/pom.xml b/scm-samples/scm-sample-auth/pom.xml
index 1db4b4ca0f..209ae3d930 100644
--- a/scm-samples/scm-sample-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-samples/scm-sample-auth/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-samples</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.samples</groupId>
-    <version>1.16</version>
+    <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.sample</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-sample-auth</artifactId>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-sample-auth</name>
   <description>Sample Authentication Plugin</description>
   <url>https://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager</url>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/scm-samples/scm-sample-hello/pom.xml b/scm-samples/scm-sample-hello/pom.xml
index a1db2f0ff0..8fc95b1024 100644
--- a/scm-samples/scm-sample-hello/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-samples/scm-sample-hello/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-samples</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.samples</groupId>
-    <version>1.16</version>
+    <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.sample</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-sample-hello</artifactId>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-sample-hello</name>
   <description>A simple hello world plugin</description>
   <url>https://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager</url>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/scm-server/pom.xml b/scm-server/pom.xml
index cea504ff51..1d8862ff1c 100644
--- a/scm-server/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-server/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
-    <version>1.16</version>
+    <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-server</artifactId>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-server</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
diff --git a/scm-test/pom.xml b/scm-test/pom.xml
index f91d26de1c..3b8c0b9728 100644
--- a/scm-test/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-test/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
-    <version>1.16</version>
+    <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-test</name>
   
   <dependencies>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
diff --git a/scm-webapp/pom.xml b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
index 562ecdfe8a..52c456c6a8 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16</version>
+    <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-webapp</artifactId>
   <packaging>war</packaging>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-webapp</name>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -38,31 +38,31 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-dao-xml</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-hg-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-svn-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-git-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- rest api -->
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16</version>
+      <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
           <artifactId>scm-dao-orientdb</artifactId>
-          <version>1.16</version>
+          <version>1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         
       </dependencies>