diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen-maven-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-codegen-maven-example/pom.xml
index 8f8dba7e20..6d2ec7cd94 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen-maven-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen-maven-example/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jooq-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.4.0</version>
+		<version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml b/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml
index fb401b1c92..748052ec4b 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jooq-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.4.0</version>
+		<version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
             <artifactId>jooq-codegen</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.0</version>
+            <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/pom.xml b/jOOQ-codegen/pom.xml
index 22c08de892..8123c6ecb3 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jooq-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.4.0</version>
+		<version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-console/pom.xml b/jOOQ-console/pom.xml
index 2b55f9e0f8..afddcdeec3 100644
--- a/jOOQ-console/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-console/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jooq-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.4.0</version>
+		<version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
             <artifactId>jooq</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.0</version>
+            <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <type>jar</type>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/pom.xml b/jOOQ-meta/pom.xml
index 144b9f4d30..308624bf55 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jooq-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.4.0</version>
+		<version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ/pom.xml b/jOOQ/pom.xml
index 19e3786103..043e7c91d8 100644
--- a/jOOQ/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jooq-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.4.0</version>
+		<version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Constants.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Constants.java
index c878740e77..05dc934bf6 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Constants.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Constants.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public final class Constants {
     /**
      * The latest jOOQ version
      */
-    public static final String VERSION = "2.4.0";
+    public static final String VERSION = "2.5.0";
 
     /**
      * No further instances
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d8fdc18568..3a1204904a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
     <artifactId>jooq-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.4.0</version>
+    <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>jOOQ Parent</name>