diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index df7324535b..849b69fd00 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.lettuce</groupId>
     <artifactId>lettuce-core</artifactId>
-    <version>6.1.8.RELEASE</version>
+    <version>6.1.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>Lettuce</name>
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/lettuce-io/lettuce-core.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/lettuce-io/lettuce-core.git</developerConnection>
         <url>http://github.com/lettuce-io/lettuce-core</url>
-      <tag>6.1.8.RELEASE</tag>
+      <tag>HEAD</tag>
   </scm>
 
     <distributionManagement>