diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bf0217f..39c01c2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
   <artifactId>xmlgraphics-commons</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
   <description>XML Graphics Commons</description>
   <url>http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/commons/</url>