diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 9ed7033..003a801 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
     <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.8</version>
+    <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>Apache Jackrabbit FileVault (Parent Project)</name>
@@ -67,12 +67,6 @@
     <!-- using adjusted inheritance rules: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6059 
     TODO: this block gets removed with each release https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MRELEASE-1053
     -->
-    <scm child.scm.connection.inherit.append.path="false" child.scm.developerConnection.inherit.append.path="false" child.scm.url.inherit.append.path="true">
-        <connection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/jackrabbit-filevault.git</connection>
-        <developerConnection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/jackrabbit-filevault.git</developerConnection>
-        <url>https://github.com/apache/jackrabbit-filevault/tree/${project.scm.tag}</url>
-        <tag>jackrabbit-filevault-3.4.8</tag>
-    </scm>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
     <!-- P R O J E C T  I N F O                                                 -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d17eb22..13c5cb8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <relativePath>parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
-        <version>3.4.8</version>
+        <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     </modules>
 
     <properties>
-        <project.build.outputTimestamp>2021-01-11T18:55:44Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+        <project.build.outputTimestamp>2021-01-11T18:59:40Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     </properties>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
@@ -259,8 +259,4 @@
             </build>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
-
-  <scm>
-    <tag>jackrabbit-filevault-3.4.8</tag>
-  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/target-osgi-environment/pom.xml b/target-osgi-environment/pom.xml
index e652493..0c04701 100644
--- a/target-osgi-environment/pom.xml
+++ b/target-osgi-environment/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
-        <version>3.4.8</version>
+        <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
@@ -219,8 +219,4 @@
         </dependency>
         
     </dependencies>
-
-  <scm>
-    <tag>jackrabbit-filevault-3.4.8</tag>
-  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/vault-cli/pom.xml b/vault-cli/pom.xml
index cfb89fd..bea3708 100644
--- a/vault-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/vault-cli/pom.xml
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
-        <version>3.4.8</version>
+        <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
     <!-- P R O J E C T  D E S C R I P T I O N                                   -->
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
     <artifactId>vault-cli</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.8</version>
+    <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>Apache Jackrabbit FileVault Command Line Interface</name>
@@ -119,22 +119,22 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.8</version>
+            <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
             <artifactId>vault-vlt</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.8</version>
+            <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
             <artifactId>vault-sync</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.8</version>
+            <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
             <artifactId>vault-davex</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.8</version>
+            <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- CLI Stuff -->
@@ -171,8 +171,4 @@
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
-  <scm>
-    <tag>jackrabbit-filevault-3.4.8</tag>
-  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/vault-core/pom.xml b/vault-core/pom.xml
index ba13c51..decc4e0 100644
--- a/vault-core/pom.xml
+++ b/vault-core/pom.xml
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
-        <version>3.4.8</version>
+        <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
     <!-- P R O J E C T  D E S C R I P T I O N                                   -->
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
     <artifactId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.8</version>
+    <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <name>Apache Jackrabbit FileVault Core Bundle</name>
     <description>The core classes of Apache Jackrabbit FileVault</description>
@@ -353,8 +353,4 @@
             </build>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
-
-  <scm>
-    <tag>jackrabbit-filevault-3.4.8</tag>
-  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/vault-davex/pom.xml b/vault-davex/pom.xml
index 074f544..1460403 100644
--- a/vault-davex/pom.xml
+++ b/vault-davex/pom.xml
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
-        <version>3.4.8</version>
+        <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
     <!-- P R O J E C T  D E S C R I P T I O N                                   -->
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
     <artifactId>vault-davex</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.8</version>
+    <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>Apache Jackrabbit FileVault JCR Remoting Service</name>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.8</version>
+            <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
@@ -88,8 +88,4 @@
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
-  <scm>
-    <tag>jackrabbit-filevault-3.4.8</tag>
-  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/vault-diff/pom.xml b/vault-diff/pom.xml
index f0fb8e0..444c682 100644
--- a/vault-diff/pom.xml
+++ b/vault-diff/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
-        <version>3.4.8</version>
+        <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <name>Apache Jackrabbit FileVault Diff (Diff utilities)</name>
     <description>Provides Classes for diff and diff3.
     </description>
-    <version>3.4.8</version>
+    <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
     <!-- D E P E N D E N C I E S                                                -->
@@ -80,9 +80,4 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
-
-
-  <scm>
-    <tag>jackrabbit-filevault-3.4.8</tag>
-  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/vault-doc/pom.xml b/vault-doc/pom.xml
index 5858763..2a3bd4f 100644
--- a/vault-doc/pom.xml
+++ b/vault-doc/pom.xml
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
-        <version>3.4.8</version>
+        <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
     <!-- P R O J E C T D E S C R I P T I O N -->
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
     <artifactId>vault-doc</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.8</version>
+    <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>Apache Jackrabbit FileVault Documentation</name>
@@ -129,8 +129,4 @@
             <url>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jackrabbit/site/live/filevault</url>
         </site>
     </distributionManagement>
-
-  <scm>
-    <tag>jackrabbit-filevault-3.4.8</tag>
-  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/vault-hook-example/pom.xml b/vault-hook-example/pom.xml
index 815d340..0d7188d 100644
--- a/vault-hook-example/pom.xml
+++ b/vault-hook-example/pom.xml
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
-        <version>3.4.8</version>
+        <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
     <!-- P R O J E C T  D E S C R I P T I O N                                   -->
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
     <artifactId>vault-hook-example</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.8</version>
+    <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>Apache Jackrabbit FileVault Package Hook Example</name>
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.8</version>
+            <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- JCR Stuff -->
@@ -110,8 +110,4 @@
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
-  <scm>
-    <tag>jackrabbit-filevault-3.4.8</tag>
-  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/vault-hook-externalclass-test/pom.xml b/vault-hook-externalclass-test/pom.xml
index 1fdc356..4a7def0 100644
--- a/vault-hook-externalclass-test/pom.xml
+++ b/vault-hook-externalclass-test/pom.xml
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
-        <version>3.4.8</version>
+        <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
     <!-- P R O J E C T  D E S C R I P T I O N                                   -->
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
     <artifactId>vault-hook-externalclass-test</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.8</version>
+    <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>Apache Jackrabbit FileVault Package Hook Sling Example</name>
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.8</version>
+            <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- JCR Stuff -->
@@ -116,8 +116,4 @@
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
-  <scm>
-    <tag>jackrabbit-filevault-3.4.8</tag>
-  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/vault-rcp/pom.xml b/vault-rcp/pom.xml
index 100c71f..5744cdd 100644
--- a/vault-rcp/pom.xml
+++ b/vault-rcp/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
-        <version>3.4.8</version>
+        <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
@@ -246,8 +246,4 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
-  <scm>
-    <tag>jackrabbit-filevault-3.4.8</tag>
-  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/vault-sync/pom.xml b/vault-sync/pom.xml
index 9034eb7..ffbdfbb 100644
--- a/vault-sync/pom.xml
+++ b/vault-sync/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
-        <version>3.4.8</version>
+        <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
@@ -151,8 +151,4 @@
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
-
-  <scm>
-    <tag>jackrabbit-filevault-3.4.8</tag>
-  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/vault-validation/pom.xml b/vault-validation/pom.xml
index 1adb9ce..b31a6b0 100644
--- a/vault-validation/pom.xml
+++ b/vault-validation/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
-        <version>3.4.8</version>
+        <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
@@ -178,8 +178,4 @@
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
-  <scm>
-    <tag>jackrabbit-filevault-3.4.8</tag>
-  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/vault-vlt/pom.xml b/vault-vlt/pom.xml
index 1cf4e3f..965bf19 100644
--- a/vault-vlt/pom.xml
+++ b/vault-vlt/pom.xml
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
-        <version>3.4.8</version>
+        <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
     <!-- P R O J E C T  D E S C R I P T I O N                                   -->
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
     <artifactId>vault-vlt</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.8</version>
+    <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>Apache Jackrabbit FileVault Platform Interaction</name>
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.8</version>
+            <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
             <artifactId>vault-sync</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.8</version>
+            <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit.vault</groupId>
             <artifactId>vault-diff</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.8</version>
+            <version>3.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- JCR Stuff -->
@@ -84,8 +84,4 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
-  <scm>
-    <tag>jackrabbit-filevault-3.4.8</tag>
-  </scm>
 </project>