Prepare for next development iteration
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e81c049..2da6c9b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
   <artifactId>parquet-format</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>Apache Parquet Format</name>