diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index e6fb5d4..5799988 100755
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.flex.blazeds</groupId>
         <artifactId>blazeds</artifactId>
-        <version>4.8.0</version>
+        <version>4.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>flex-messaging-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 848c5e4..55c5cfa 100755
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.flex.blazeds</groupId>
         <artifactId>blazeds</artifactId>
-        <version>4.8.0</version>
+        <version>4.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>flex-messaging-core</artifactId>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.flex.blazeds</groupId>
             <artifactId>flex-messaging-common</artifactId>
-            <version>4.8.0</version>
+            <version>4.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/opt/pom.xml b/opt/pom.xml
index ab1c3ec..918d6f7 100755
--- a/opt/pom.xml
+++ b/opt/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.flex.blazeds</groupId>
         <artifactId>blazeds</artifactId>
-        <version>4.8.0</version>
+        <version>4.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>flex-messaging-opt</artifactId>
diff --git a/opt/tomcat/pom.xml b/opt/tomcat/pom.xml
index f1f3322..9a2ec1c 100644
--- a/opt/tomcat/pom.xml
+++ b/opt/tomcat/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.flex.blazeds</groupId>
         <artifactId>flex-messaging-opt</artifactId>
-        <version>4.8.0</version>
+        <version>4.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>flex-messaging-opt-tomcat</artifactId>
@@ -37,9 +37,4 @@
         <!-- For tomcat 6 there is no release without known vulnerabilities -->
         <!--module>tomcat-7</module-->
     </modules>
-
-
-  <scm>
-    <tag>blazeds-4.8.0-rc1</tag>
-  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/opt/tomcat/tomcat-base/pom.xml b/opt/tomcat/tomcat-base/pom.xml
index 2e33755..9023a0a 100644
--- a/opt/tomcat/tomcat-base/pom.xml
+++ b/opt/tomcat/tomcat-base/pom.xml
@@ -22,13 +22,8 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.flex.blazeds</groupId>
         <artifactId>flex-messaging-opt-tomcat</artifactId>
-        <version>4.8.0</version>
+        <version>4.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>flex-messaging-opt-tomcat-base</artifactId>
-
-
-  <scm>
-    <tag>blazeds-4.8.0-rc1</tag>
-  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index edd2700..6565697 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.apache.flex.blazeds</groupId>
     <artifactId>blazeds</artifactId>
-    <version>4.8.0</version>
+    <version>4.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>Apache Flex - BlazeDS</name>
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flex-blazeds.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flex-blazeds.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flex-blazeds.git</url>
-      <tag>blazeds-4.8.0-rc1</tag>
+      <tag>HEAD</tag>
   </scm>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/proxy/pom.xml b/proxy/pom.xml
index 6818fa7..6af5d2f 100755
--- a/proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/proxy/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.flex.blazeds</groupId>
         <artifactId>blazeds</artifactId>
-        <version>4.8.0</version>
+        <version>4.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>flex-messaging-proxy</artifactId>
diff --git a/remoting/pom.xml b/remoting/pom.xml
index 31e3424..4c3d5b9 100644
--- a/remoting/pom.xml
+++ b/remoting/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.flex.blazeds</groupId>
         <artifactId>blazeds</artifactId>
-        <version>4.8.0</version>
+        <version>4.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>flex-messaging-remoting</artifactId>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.flex.blazeds</groupId>
             <artifactId>flex-messaging-core</artifactId>
-            <version>4.8.0</version>
+            <version>4.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>