[maven-release-plugin] prepare for next development iteration
diff --git a/apache-jena-libs/pom.xml b/apache-jena-libs/pom.xml
index 756ce33..c4fac2e 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>3.16.0</version>
+  <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -41,25 +41,25 @@
    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-shacl</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-tdb</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-tdb2</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-rdfconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/apache-jena-osgi/jena-osgi-features/pom.xml b/apache-jena-osgi/jena-osgi-features/pom.xml
index 43b8ce9..a916ada 100644
--- a/apache-jena-osgi/jena-osgi-features/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-jena-osgi/jena-osgi-features/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache-jena-osgi</artifactId>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jena-osgi-features</artifactId>  
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
diff --git a/apache-jena-osgi/jena-osgi/pom.xml b/apache-jena-osgi/jena-osgi/pom.xml
index f1b170f..8dfdc41 100644
--- a/apache-jena-osgi/jena-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-jena-osgi/jena-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache-jena-osgi</artifactId>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jena-osgi</artifactId>  
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <!-- These are all embedded within httpclient-osgi -->
@@ -106,42 +106,42 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-rdfconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-shaded-guava</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-commonsrdf</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-tdb</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-tdb2</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!--
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-iri</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/apache-jena-osgi/pom.xml b/apache-jena-osgi/pom.xml
index d606219..83a7a18 100644
--- a/apache-jena-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-jena-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent> 
 
   <name>Apache Jena - OSGi</name>
   <artifactId>apache-jena-osgi</artifactId>
-  <version>3.16.0</version>
+  <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <description>Apache Jena OSGi distribution and test</description>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/apache-jena/pom.xml b/apache-jena/pom.xml
index 8dc3921..9ce7138 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>sources</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>sources</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-tdb</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-tdb</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>sources</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-rdfconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-rdfconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>sources</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -114,13 +114,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-shacl</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-shacl</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>sources</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Require a logging implementation for command line tools --> 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>sources</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-arq/pom.xml b/jena-arq/pom.xml
index 1a3fb7f..09f8322 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-shaded-guava</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-base/pom.xml b/jena-base/pom.xml
index 8e09dca..01d801d 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-shaded-guava</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <!-- For compiling the log4j2 helper code. -->
diff --git a/jena-cmds/pom.xml b/jena-cmds/pom.xml
index 51632b9..6d06d91 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent> 
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>apache-jena-libs</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <type>pom</type>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -63,28 +63,28 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>     
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-shacl</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-core/pom.xml b/jena-core/pom.xml
index eee68d2..4951f7c 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-iri</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
      <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-db/jena-dboe-base/pom.xml b/jena-db/jena-dboe-base/pom.xml
index bd4e5d4..37f4599 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <properties>
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-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 26622f7..ae7ee05 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <properties>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-index</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-db/jena-dboe-index/pom.xml b/jena-db/jena-dboe-index/pom.xml
index c7e92d5..3ba9bcb 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <properties>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/jena-db/jena-dboe-storage/pom.xml b/jena-db/jena-dboe-storage/pom.xml
index f29e361..e1a8617 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <description>Triplestore database storage</description>
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-trans-data</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- testing -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-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 cf38b50..24e1837 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <properties>
@@ -38,26 +38,26 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-transaction</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-index</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-index-test</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-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 5bfee8c..8bbfe38 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <properties>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/jena-db/jena-tdb2/pom.xml b/jena-db/jena-tdb2/pom.xml
index 7e12033..7d76366 100644
--- a/jena-db/jena-tdb2/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-db/jena-tdb2/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-db</artifactId>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <properties>
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-storage</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-db/pom.xml b/jena-db/pom.xml
index 358cc45..cdf9174 100644
--- a/jena-db/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-db/pom.xml
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@
   
   <artifactId>jena-db</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>3.16.0</version>
+  <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>Apache Jena - Database Operation Environment</name>
   <url>https://jena.apache.org/</url>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-common/pom.xml b/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-common/pom.xml
index 64a5bbb..81c20c6 100644
--- a/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-common/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-common/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-elephas</artifactId>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jena-elephas-common</artifactId>
   <name>Apache Jena - Elephas - Common API</name>
diff --git a/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-io/pom.xml b/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-io/pom.xml
index b093507..1f62353 100644
--- a/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-io/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-io/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-elephas</artifactId>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jena-elephas-io</artifactId>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-elephas-common</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <!-- Hadoop Dependencies -->
diff --git a/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-mapreduce/pom.xml b/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-mapreduce/pom.xml
index 2cb48e3..aa94ba4 100644
--- a/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-mapreduce/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-mapreduce/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-elephas</artifactId>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jena-elephas-mapreduce</artifactId>
   <name>Apache Jena - Elephas - Map/Reduce</name>
diff --git a/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-stats/pom.xml b/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-stats/pom.xml
index 60ea650..798b7a4 100644
--- a/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-stats/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-stats/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-elephas</artifactId>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jena-elephas-stats</artifactId>
   <name>Apache Jena - Elephas - Statistics Demo App</name>
diff --git a/jena-elephas/pom.xml b/jena-elephas/pom.xml
index a649988..2b89f56 100644
--- a/jena-elephas/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-elephas/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
         <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-        <version>3.16.0</version>
+        <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Test Dependencies -->
diff --git a/jena-extras/jena-commonsrdf/pom.xml b/jena-extras/jena-commonsrdf/pom.xml
index 50d97af..a25d482 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</artifactId>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-extras/jena-querybuilder/pom.xml b/jena-extras/jena-querybuilder/pom.xml
index 3d65bd4..4aa1067 100644
--- a/jena-extras/jena-querybuilder/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-extras/jena-querybuilder/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-extras</artifactId>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/jena-extras/pom.xml b/jena-extras/pom.xml
index 05e1cb7..5ae5a6b 100644
--- a/jena-extras/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-extras/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 <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>3.16.0</version>
+  <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Apache Jena - Extras</name>
   <description>Extra packages for Jena development.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
         <artifactId>apache-jena-libs</artifactId>
-        <version>3.16.0</version>
+        <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <type>pom</type>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/apache-jena-fuseki/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/apache-jena-fuseki/pom.xml
index afdaba8..ac24b94 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>3.16.0</version>
+  <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent> 
   
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-access/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-access/pom.xml
index b7ab5ed..83d77a4 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-core/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-core/pom.xml
index 22cc3ca..ae7e1c6 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>apache-jena-libs</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <type>pom</type>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-fulljar/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-fulljar/pom.xml
index 0a7d832..3800cd7 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-fulljar/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-fulljar/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../</relativePath>
   </parent> 
 
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-geosparql/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-geosparql/pom.xml
index c5b1907..c7ee1f8 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>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
             <artifactId>jena-geosparql</artifactId>
-            <version>3.16.0</version>
+            <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
             <artifactId>jena-fuseki-main</artifactId>
-            <version>3.16.0</version>
+            <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-main/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-main/pom.xml
index 4b5a912..24c8396 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-access</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- For parsing Jetty configuration files -->
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-server/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-server/pom.xml
index 675eff1..d43fc2a 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../</relativePath>
   </parent> 
 
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-text</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-access</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Illustration: include the Jena Text Elastic Search code
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-war/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-war/pom.xml
index 92d0d98..a06035f 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent> 
 
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-webapp/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-webapp/pom.xml
index eb6526a..97f0ae5 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
    
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-text</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/pom.xml
index dd24e14..12bbea0 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/pom.xml
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent> 
 
   <name>Apache Jena - Fuseki - A SPARQL 1.1 Server</name>
   <artifactId>jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-  <version>3.16.0</version>
+  <version>3.17.0-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 3c8f105..fa6b4bd 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-integration-tests/pom.xml b/jena-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 6a44063..61df3c0 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>apache-jena-libs</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <type>pom</type>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-rdfconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-rdfconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-index-test</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-trans-data</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -98,14 +98,14 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>    
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-main</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/jena-iri/pom.xml b/jena-iri/pom.xml
index d3c8bf0..af93865 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent> 
   
diff --git a/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-core/pom.xml b/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-core/pom.xml
index 41669b2..d0676ec 100644
--- a/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-core/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-core/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jena-jdbc</artifactId>
-		<version>3.16.0</version>
+		<version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>jena-jdbc-core</artifactId>
 	<name>Apache Jena - JDBC Core API</name>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-			<version>3.16.0</version>
+			<version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 
     <!-- Jena Driver configures Log4j directly -->
diff --git a/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-bundle/pom.xml b/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-bundle/pom.xml
index d383761..5d82d9c 100644
--- a/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-bundle/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jena-jdbc</artifactId>
-		<version>3.16.0</version>
+		<version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>jena-jdbc-driver-bundle</artifactId>
 	<name>Apache Jena - JDBC Driver Bundle</name>
@@ -46,17 +46,17 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-driver-mem</artifactId>
-			<version>3.16.0</version>
+			<version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-driver-remote</artifactId>
-			<version>3.16.0</version>
+			<version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-driver-tdb</artifactId>
-			<version>3.16.0</version>
+			<version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Test Dependencies -->
@@ -68,35 +68,35 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-driver-mem</artifactId>
-			<version>3.16.0</version>
+			<version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<classifier>tests</classifier>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-driver-remote</artifactId>
-			<version>3.16.0</version>
+			<version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<classifier>tests</classifier>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-driver-tdb</artifactId>
-			<version>3.16.0</version>
+			<version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<classifier>tests</classifier>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-core</artifactId>
-			<version>3.16.0</version>
+			<version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<classifier>tests</classifier>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-fuseki-main</artifactId>
-			<version>3.16.0</version>
+			<version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
diff --git a/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-mem/pom.xml b/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-mem/pom.xml
index 3255984..5987d79 100644
--- a/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-mem/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-mem/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jena-jdbc</artifactId>
-		<version>3.16.0</version>
+		<version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>jena-jdbc-driver-mem</artifactId>
 	<name>Apache Jena - JDBC In-Memory Driver</name>
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-core</artifactId>
-			<version>3.16.0</version>
+			<version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Test Dependencies -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-core</artifactId>
-			<version>3.16.0</version>
+			<version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<classifier>tests</classifier>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-remote/pom.xml b/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-remote/pom.xml
index 53dd716..239826c 100644
--- a/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-remote/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-remote/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-jdbc</artifactId>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jena-jdbc-driver-remote</artifactId>
   <name>Apache Jena - JDBC Remote Endpoint Driver</name>
@@ -37,26 +37,26 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-jdbc-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Test Dependencies -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-jdbc-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-main</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-main</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-tdb/pom.xml b/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-tdb/pom.xml
index caae404..cf888b3 100644
--- a/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-tdb/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-tdb/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jena-jdbc</artifactId>
-		<version>3.16.0</version>
+		<version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>jena-jdbc-driver-tdb</artifactId>
 	<name>Apache Jena - JDBC TDB Driver</name>
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-core</artifactId>
-			<version>3.16.0</version>
+			<version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-tdb</artifactId>
-			<version>3.16.0</version>
+			<version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Test Dependencies -->
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-core</artifactId>
-			<version>3.16.0</version>
+			<version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<classifier>tests</classifier>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-driver-mem</artifactId>
-			<version>3.16.0</version>
+			<version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<classifier>tests</classifier>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/jena-jdbc/pom.xml b/jena-jdbc/pom.xml
index 3cdbad8..5bef8e8 100644
--- a/jena-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 	<artifactId>jena-jdbc</artifactId>
-	<version>3.16.0</version>
+	<version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>Apache Jena - JDBC Parent</name>
 	<description>This is the parent module for the Jena JDBC modules.  These modules provide JDBC Type 4 drivers for in-memory and TDB datasets as well as remote SPARQL endpoints.</description>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-		<version>3.16.0</version>
+		<version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/jena-permissions/pom.xml b/jena-permissions/pom.xml
index d561b41..54cec2e 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
diff --git a/jena-rdfconnection/pom.xml b/jena-rdfconnection/pom.xml
index 3fa4f82..10de4f2 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>    
 
diff --git a/jena-sdb/pom.xml b/jena-sdb/pom.xml
index 4e9601f..f95427e 100644
--- a/jena-sdb/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-sdb/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent> 
 
@@ -42,20 +42,20 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <!-- Need the tests as well -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/jena-shacl/pom.xml b/jena-shacl/pom.xml
index b16d9d2..e0e7e3a 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent> 
 
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/jena-shaded-guava/pom.xml b/jena-shaded-guava/pom.xml
index e044562..cc86756 100644
--- a/jena-shaded-guava/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-shaded-guava/pom.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jena-shaded-guava</artifactId>
-  <version>3.16.0</version>
+  <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>Apache Jena - Shadowed external libraries</name>
 
   <description>
diff --git a/jena-tdb/pom.xml b/jena-tdb/pom.xml
index c77a2f7..e58dd04 100644
--- a/jena-tdb/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-tdb/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent> 
 
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/jena-text-es/pom.xml b/jena-text-es/pom.xml
index 6d5c4a0..8bf8aba 100644
--- a/jena-text-es/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-text-es/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-text</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <!-- Testing support -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-text/pom.xml b/jena-text/pom.xml
index e34ecfe..3cf8a80 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>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -41,21 +41,21 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>apache-jena-libs</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <type>pom</type>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <!-- Testing support -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.0</version>
+      <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a74c890..d91eafa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <url>https://jena.apache.org/</url>
-  <version>3.16.0</version>
+  <version>3.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <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-3.16.0</tag>
+    <tag>HEAD</tag>
   </scm>
 
    <properties>