diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7fb9b77..3902ecb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>gr.cytech</groupId>
     <artifactId>sendium</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.7</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <modules>
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
                 <groupId>gr.cytech</groupId>
                 <artifactId>sendium-core</artifactId>
                 <!-- release-please bumps this via the generic extra-files updater; the maven release-type does NOT rewrite dependencyManagement versions -->
-                <version>0.2.7</version> <!-- x-release-please-version -->
+                <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version> <!-- x-release-please-version -->
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
diff --git a/sendium-app/pom.xml b/sendium-app/pom.xml
index b34f6da..21cc7a4 100644
--- a/sendium-app/pom.xml
+++ b/sendium-app/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>gr.cytech</groupId>
         <artifactId>sendium</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.7</version>
+        <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>sendium-app</artifactId>
diff --git a/sendium-core/pom.xml b/sendium-core/pom.xml
index 9ead217..cd93e48 100644
--- a/sendium-core/pom.xml
+++ b/sendium-core/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>gr.cytech</groupId>
         <artifactId>sendium</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.7</version>
+        <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>sendium-core</artifactId>