diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7add35c4..f7e9aaae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <groupId>net.schmizz</groupId>
     <artifactId>sshj</artifactId>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-    <version>0.8.1</version>
+    <version>0.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <name>sshj</name>
     <description>SSHv2 library for Java</description>