[maven-release-plugin] prepare for next development iteration
diff --git a/apache-jena-libs/pom.xml b/apache-jena-libs/pom.xml
index 3ea6a82..811b1a1 100644
--- a/apache-jena-libs/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-jena-libs/pom.xml
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
   <artifactId>apache-jena-libs</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Apache Jena - Libraries POM</name>
-  <version>5.5.0</version>
+  <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <description>
@@ -46,43 +46,43 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-rdfpatch</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-ontapi</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-shacl</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-shex</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-tdb1</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-tdb2</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-rdfconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/apache-jena/pom.xml b/apache-jena/pom.xml
index a4347a9..207cbab 100644
--- a/apache-jena/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-jena/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <organization>
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>sources</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@
      <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-ontapi</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-ontapi</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>sources</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -85,13 +85,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>sources</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -99,13 +99,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-rdfconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-rdfconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>sources</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -113,13 +113,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-shacl</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-shacl</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>sources</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -127,13 +127,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-shex</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-shex</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>sources</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Require a logging implementation for command line tools --> 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>sources</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-arq/pom.xml b/jena-arq/pom.xml
index 57c0978..ceb85f5 100644
--- a/jena-arq/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-arq/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <description>SPARQL 1.1 query engine and RDF parsers for Apache Jena</description>
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/jena-base/pom.xml b/jena-base/pom.xml
index 7971b7e..7aade65 100644
--- a/jena-base/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-base/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
   <name>Apache Jena - Base</name>
diff --git a/jena-benchmarks/jena-benchmarks-jmh/pom.xml b/jena-benchmarks/jena-benchmarks-jmh/pom.xml
index 63a034f..ff1cc0e 100644
--- a/jena-benchmarks/jena-benchmarks-jmh/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-benchmarks/jena-benchmarks-jmh/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
         <artifactId>jena-benchmarks</artifactId>
-        <version>5.5.0</version>
+        <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Apache Jena - Benchmarks JMH</name>
@@ -53,28 +53,28 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
             <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-            <version>5.5.0</version>
+            <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
             <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
-            <version>5.5.0</version>
+            <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
             <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-            <version>5.5.0</version>
+            <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
             <artifactId>jena-geosparql</artifactId>
-            <version>5.5.0</version>
+            <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -82,21 +82,21 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
             <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
             <classifier>tests</classifier>
-            <version>5.5.0</version>
+            <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
             <artifactId>jena-benchmarks-shadedJena480</artifactId>
-            <version>5.5.0</version>
+            <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
             <artifactId>jena-benchmarks-shadedJena510</artifactId>
-            <version>5.5.0</version>
+            <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/jena-benchmarks/jena-benchmarks-shadedJena480/pom.xml b/jena-benchmarks/jena-benchmarks-shadedJena480/pom.xml
index 986fdef..2e0eca3 100644
--- a/jena-benchmarks/jena-benchmarks-shadedJena480/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-benchmarks/jena-benchmarks-shadedJena480/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
         <artifactId>jena-benchmarks</artifactId>
-        <version>5.5.0</version>
+        <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Apache Jena - Benchmarks Shaded Jena 4.8.0</name>
diff --git a/jena-benchmarks/jena-benchmarks-shadedJena510/pom.xml b/jena-benchmarks/jena-benchmarks-shadedJena510/pom.xml
index bb69dca..8710e03 100644
--- a/jena-benchmarks/jena-benchmarks-shadedJena510/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-benchmarks/jena-benchmarks-shadedJena510/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
         <artifactId>jena-benchmarks</artifactId>
-        <version>5.5.0</version>
+        <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Apache Jena - Benchmarks Shaded Jena 5.1.0</name>
diff --git a/jena-benchmarks/pom.xml b/jena-benchmarks/pom.xml
index 836972a..7a0094d 100644
--- a/jena-benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>Apache Jena - Benchmark Suite</name>
   <artifactId>jena-benchmarks</artifactId>
-  <version>5.5.0</version>
+  <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <description>Suite with different benchmarks.
diff --git a/jena-bom/pom.xml b/jena-bom/pom.xml
index 732102c..fbc874c 100644
--- a/jena-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-bom/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/jena-cmds/pom.xml b/jena-cmds/pom.xml
index 02d7697..7aceea6 100644
--- a/jena-cmds/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-cmds/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <name>Apache Jena - Command line tools</name>
@@ -69,55 +69,55 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-       <version>5.5.0</version>
+       <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-rdfpatch</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-shacl</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-shex</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-tdb1</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-tdb2</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-iri3986</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-langtag</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- End places with commands -->
@@ -131,28 +131,28 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>     
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-shacl</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-core/pom.xml b/jena-core/pom.xml
index 13d0144..d56cb7f 100644
--- a/jena-core/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-core/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <description>Jena is a Java framework for building Semantic Web applications. It provides a programmatic environment for RDF, RDFS and OWL, SPARQL and includes a rule-based inference engine.</description>
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -54,19 +54,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-iri3986</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-iri</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-langtag</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-db/jena-dboe-base/pom.xml b/jena-db/jena-dboe-base/pom.xml
index cb49275..bf1e374 100644
--- a/jena-db/jena-dboe-base/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-db/jena-dboe-base/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-db</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <properties>
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-db/jena-dboe-index-test/pom.xml b/jena-db/jena-dboe-index-test/pom.xml
index 54f5e95..831f255 100644
--- a/jena-db/jena-dboe-index-test/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-db/jena-dboe-index-test/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-db</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <properties>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-index</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-db/jena-dboe-index/pom.xml b/jena-db/jena-dboe-index/pom.xml
index b41d8f6..bd8adfa 100644
--- a/jena-db/jena-dboe-index/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-db/jena-dboe-index/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-db</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <properties>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-base</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/jena-db/jena-dboe-storage/pom.xml b/jena-db/jena-dboe-storage/pom.xml
index 8fa3b34..1be621b 100644
--- a/jena-db/jena-dboe-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-db/jena-dboe-storage/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-db</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <description>Triplestore database storage</description>
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-trans-data</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-db/jena-dboe-trans-data/pom.xml b/jena-db/jena-dboe-trans-data/pom.xml
index 2034e16..2ac842c 100644
--- a/jena-db/jena-dboe-trans-data/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-db/jena-dboe-trans-data/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-db</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <properties>
@@ -38,26 +38,26 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-transaction</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-index</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-index-test</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-base</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-db/jena-dboe-transaction/pom.xml b/jena-db/jena-dboe-transaction/pom.xml
index 6bd65f3..763e1a7 100644
--- a/jena-db/jena-dboe-transaction/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-db/jena-dboe-transaction/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-db</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <properties>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-base</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/jena-db/pom.xml b/jena-db/pom.xml
index 7317f9d..a878393 100644
--- a/jena-db/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-db/pom.xml
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@
   
   <artifactId>jena-db</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>5.5.0</version>
+  <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>Apache Jena - DBOE Database Operation Environment</name>
   <url>https://jena.apache.org/</url>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <licenses>
diff --git a/jena-examples/pom.xml b/jena-examples/pom.xml
index 8eea1e7..819cf7c 100644
--- a/jena-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-examples/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/jena-extras/jena-commonsrdf/pom.xml b/jena-extras/jena-commonsrdf/pom.xml
index 47257bd..103335e 100644
--- a/jena-extras/jena-commonsrdf/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-extras/jena-commonsrdf/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-extras</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>Apache Jena - CommonsRDF for Jena</name>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-extras/jena-querybuilder/pom.xml b/jena-extras/jena-querybuilder/pom.xml
index 91b2879..fd02c46 100644
--- a/jena-extras/jena-querybuilder/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-extras/jena-querybuilder/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-extras</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-extras/jena-serviceenhancer/pom.xml b/jena-extras/jena-serviceenhancer/pom.xml
index eed3bcb..09c0f14 100644
--- a/jena-extras/jena-serviceenhancer/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-extras/jena-serviceenhancer/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-extras</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
           <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-          <version>5.5.0</version>
+          <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
           <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
diff --git a/jena-extras/pom.xml b/jena-extras/pom.xml
index 410a275..f156593 100644
--- a/jena-extras/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-extras/pom.xml
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>jena-extras</artifactId>
-  <version>5.5.0</version>
+  <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Apache Jena - Extras</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/apache-jena-fuseki/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/apache-jena-fuseki/pom.xml
index 4db3951..9e48be4 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/apache-jena-fuseki/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/apache-jena-fuseki/pom.xml
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
 
   <name>Apache Jena - Fuseki Binary Distribution</name>
   <artifactId>apache-jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-  <version>5.5.0</version>
+  <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
   
   <description>Fuseki distribution</description>
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-access/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-access/pom.xml
index 22c0ea1..ea24934 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-access/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-access/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-core</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-core/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-core/pom.xml
index ea531aa..772a471 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-core/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-core/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>Apache Jena - Fuseki Core Engine</name>
@@ -39,37 +39,37 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-rdfpatch</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-shacl</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-shex</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-tdb1</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-tdb2</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-rdfconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-docker/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-docker/pom.xml
index 1967cb9..4c98028 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-docker/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-docker/pom.xml
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
 
   <name>Apache Jena - Fuseki Docker Tools</name>
   <artifactId>jena-fuseki-docker</artifactId>
-  <version>5.5.0</version>
+  <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
   
   <description>Fuseki Docker</description>
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-geosparql/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-geosparql/pom.xml
index 5816bbe..d4d8487 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-geosparql/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-geosparql/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <description>GeoSPARQL with Fuseki</description>
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
         <artifactId>jena-geosparql</artifactId>
-        <version>5.5.0</version>
+        <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
         <artifactId>jena-fuseki-main</artifactId>
-        <version>5.5.0</version>
+        <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-main/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-main/pom.xml
index 3d45cd7..28af23d 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-main/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-main/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-core</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-core</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-access</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-ui</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-mod-geosparql/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-mod-geosparql/pom.xml
index 40c56f5..ee95936 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-mod-geosparql/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-mod-geosparql/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>jena-fuseki-mod-geosparql</artifactId>
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-geosparql</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-main</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <!-- Note: the 'bundle' profile sets this dependency's scope to 'provided'. -->
     </dependency>
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
           <artifactId>jena-fuseki-main</artifactId>
-          <version>5.5.0</version>
+          <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
           <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
           <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-          <version>5.5.0</version>
+          <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
           <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-server/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-server/pom.xml
index f1b6e46..286befb 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-server/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-server/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -40,25 +40,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-main</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-ui</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-text</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-access</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-ui/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-ui/pom.xml
index d0d959b..9eb81af 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-ui/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
         <artifactId>jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-        <version>5.5.0</version>
+        <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-war/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-war/pom.xml
index 6d1e136..fe488ef 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-war/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-war/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <packaging>war</packaging>
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-webapp/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-webapp/pom.xml
index 85a771b..eb2b87b 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>Apache Jena - Fuseki Webapp</name>
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-core</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-core</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
    
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-text</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/pom.xml
index b06f08c..2ae04ac 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/pom.xml
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <name>Apache Jena - Fuseki - A SPARQL 1.1 Server</name>
   <artifactId>jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-  <version>5.5.0</version>
+  <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <description>Fuseki is a SPARQL 1.1 Server which provides the SPARQL query, 
   SPARQL update and SPARQL graph store protocols.
diff --git a/jena-geosparql/pom.xml b/jena-geosparql/pom.xml
index 57428ce..1f3f660 100644
--- a/jena-geosparql/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-geosparql/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <description>GeoSPARQL implementation for Apache Jena</description>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-integration-tests/pom.xml b/jena-integration-tests/pom.xml
index a306574..5a6e5da 100644
--- a/jena-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>apache-jena-libs</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <type>pom</type>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-rdfconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-rdfconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -63,26 +63,26 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-geosparql</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-main</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-core</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-main</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>  
@@ -98,14 +98,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-text</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- The test artifacts to go with apache-jena-libs -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -113,13 +113,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-index-test</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-trans-data</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -128,14 +128,14 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>    
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-iri/pom.xml b/jena-iri/pom.xml
index c8ccc56..1b1f92a 100644
--- a/jena-iri/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-iri/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
   
   <description>
diff --git a/jena-iri3986/pom.xml b/jena-iri3986/pom.xml
index ea7d043..aefaa5b 100644
--- a/jena-iri3986/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-iri3986/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
   
   <description>
diff --git a/jena-langtag/pom.xml b/jena-langtag/pom.xml
index 6c9cace..5768d32 100644
--- a/jena-langtag/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-langtag/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <description>Implementation of RFC 5646 (BCP-47) Language tags</description>
diff --git a/jena-ontapi/pom.xml b/jena-ontapi/pom.xml
index b82f50b..3a9d46a 100644
--- a/jena-ontapi/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-ontapi/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
         <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-        <version>5.5.0</version>
+        <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <description>Ontology API for Apache Jena</description>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
             <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-            <version>5.5.0</version>
+            <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
diff --git a/jena-permissions/pom.xml b/jena-permissions/pom.xml
index 009ec7e..790af3d 100644
--- a/jena-permissions/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-permissions/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   
   <organization>
diff --git a/jena-rdfconnection/pom.xml b/jena-rdfconnection/pom.xml
index 323b608..23e7d90 100644
--- a/jena-rdfconnection/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-rdfconnection/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <licenses>
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>    
 
diff --git a/jena-rdfpatch/pom.xml b/jena-rdfpatch/pom.xml
index 7da00f4..9ed9a30 100644
--- a/jena-rdfpatch/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-rdfpatch/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-shacl/pom.xml b/jena-shacl/pom.xml
index d76742a..19b8e7f 100644
--- a/jena-shacl/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-shacl/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <description>SHACL engine for Apache Jena</description>
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/jena-shex/pom.xml b/jena-shex/pom.xml
index 66722d2..7d9cbf9 100644
--- a/jena-shex/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-shex/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <description>ShEx</description>
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-tdb1/pom.xml b/jena-tdb1/pom.xml
index c2d3196..0880e3f 100644
--- a/jena-tdb1/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-tdb1/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <description>TDB is a storage subsystem for Jena and ARQ, it is a native triple store providing persistent storage of triples/quads.</description>
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/jena-tdb2/pom.xml b/jena-tdb2/pom.xml
index 36a6814..2eda5f3 100644
--- a/jena-tdb2/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-tdb2/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <properties>
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-storage</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-text/pom.xml b/jena-text/pom.xml
index dcd1c71..99b7e8a 100644
--- a/jena-text/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-text/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>5.5.0</version>
+    <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <profiles>
    <!-- apache lucene emits warnings for native access and for the vector module for java version >= 21 -->
@@ -49,32 +49,32 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-tdb1</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-tdb2</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <!-- Testing support -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e81c5bd..551011c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <url>https://jena.apache.org/</url>
-  <version>5.5.0</version>
+  <version>5.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/jena.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/jena.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/jena.git</url>
-    <tag>jena-5.5.0</tag>
+    <tag>HEAD</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <properties>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <java.version>17</java.version>
 
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2025-07-14T19:44:49Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2025-07-14T19:50:46Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
 
     <!-- Logging -->
     <ver.slf4j>2.0.17</ver.slf4j>