diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2383337..380e8df 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 # Version number of package
 SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "1")
 SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "7")
-SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "11")
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "12-SNAPSHOT")
 SET(ORC_VERSION "${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH}")
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_modules")
 
diff --git a/java/bench/core/pom.xml b/java/bench/core/pom.xml
index 13b8890..5fdc4af 100644
--- a/java/bench/core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/bench/core/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc-benchmarks</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.11</version>
+    <version>1.7.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/bench/hive/pom.xml b/java/bench/hive/pom.xml
index 4438b45..13a1b1a 100644
--- a/java/bench/hive/pom.xml
+++ b/java/bench/hive/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc-benchmarks</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.11</version>
+    <version>1.7.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/bench/pom.xml b/java/bench/pom.xml
index d3fa1ab..92da73e 100644
--- a/java/bench/pom.xml
+++ b/java/bench/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.11</version>
+    <version>1.7.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/bench/spark/pom.xml b/java/bench/spark/pom.xml
index 940ee16..30087a2 100644
--- a/java/bench/spark/pom.xml
+++ b/java/bench/spark/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc-benchmarks</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.11</version>
+    <version>1.7.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/core/pom.xml b/java/core/pom.xml
index 1f07c8f..2028f78 100644
--- a/java/core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/core/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.11</version>
+    <version>1.7.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/examples/pom.xml b/java/examples/pom.xml
index 80e1b28..ebad282 100644
--- a/java/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/java/examples/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.11</version>
+    <version>1.7.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/mapreduce/pom.xml b/java/mapreduce/pom.xml
index 3d55d12..55630ac 100644
--- a/java/mapreduce/pom.xml
+++ b/java/mapreduce/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.11</version>
+    <version>1.7.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 8caa2b5..7ca8388 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
   <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.11</version>
+  <version>1.7.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Apache ORC</name>
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
         <artifactId>orc-shims</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.11</version>
+        <version>1.7.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
@@ -645,17 +645,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
         <artifactId>orc-core</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.11</version>
+        <version>1.7.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
         <artifactId>orc-mapreduce</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.11</version>
+        <version>1.7.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
         <artifactId>orc-tools</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.11</version>
+        <version>1.7.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- inter-project depedencies -->
diff --git a/java/shims/pom.xml b/java/shims/pom.xml
index bf7eb7f..6af22b2 100644
--- a/java/shims/pom.xml
+++ b/java/shims/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.11</version>
+    <version>1.7.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/tools/pom.xml b/java/tools/pom.xml
index b43668d..6ddb4dd 100644
--- a/java/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/java/tools/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.11</version>
+    <version>1.7.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>