diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen-maven-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-codegen-maven-example/pom.xml
index 1c0720bbba..02cc8b678a 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>2.6.0</version>
+		<version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml b/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml
index fbd6e4eb81..5ec4d37c7d 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>2.6.0</version>
+		<version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/pom.xml b/jOOQ-codegen/pom.xml
index 384560fb57..738e0de9f0 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>2.6.0</version>
+		<version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-console/pom.xml b/jOOQ-console/pom.xml
index 10a3793a36..5165faeabb 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>2.6.0</version>
+		<version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/pom.xml b/jOOQ-meta/pom.xml
index 68d507eb72..a2b6e55753 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>2.6.0</version>
+		<version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-scala/pom.xml b/jOOQ-scala/pom.xml
index 04d565470c..7b2c24e77d 100644
--- a/jOOQ-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-scala/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jooq-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.6.0</version>
+		<version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jooq-codegen-maven</artifactId>
-				<version>2.6.0</version>
+				<version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>exec1</id>
diff --git a/jOOQ/pom.xml b/jOOQ/pom.xml
index 4aff934b57..5c1b98698c 100644
--- a/jOOQ/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jooq-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.6.0</version>
+		<version>3.0.0-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 348184f6f4..003d9b5584 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 = "2.6.0";
+    public static final String VERSION = "3.0.0";
 
     /**
      * No further instances
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1b2b1f1dd3..54c8117043 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
     <artifactId>jooq-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.0</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>jOOQ Parent</name>