diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ef93bb91..18032158 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>net.ripe.rpki</groupId>
     <artifactId>rpki-commons</artifactId>
-    <version>1.39.1</version>
+    <version>1.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <inceptionYear>2008</inceptionYear>
 
     <name>RPKI Commmons</name>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <scm>
         <url>https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/rpki-commons.git</url>
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:RIPE-NCC/rpki-commons.git</connection>
-        <tag>rpki-commons-1.39.1</tag>
+        <tag>HEAD</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <distributionManagement>