diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ccff0122d..4c5532e54 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ under the License.
 
   <groupId>org.apache.datasketches</groupId>
   <artifactId>datasketches-java</artifactId>
-  <version>7.0.0</version>
+  <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>${project.artifactId}</name>