diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5c7c5690e..02d541146 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.janelia.saalfeldlab</groupId>
 	<artifactId>paintera</artifactId>
-	<version>0.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>0.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>Paintera</name>
 	<description>New Era Painting and annotation tool</description>