diff --git a/base/pom.xml b/base/pom.xml
index 477e3b56..0dde5aa1 100644
--- a/base/pom.xml
+++ b/base/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-providers</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.1</version>
+    <version>2.16.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-base</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-JAXRS: base</name>
diff --git a/cbor/pom.xml b/cbor/pom.xml
index e448eee5..ae88e5f0 100644
--- a/cbor/pom.xml
+++ b/cbor/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-providers</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.1</version>
+    <version>2.16.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-cbor-provider</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-JAXRS: CBOR</name>
diff --git a/datatypes/pom.xml b/datatypes/pom.xml
index 0a40ef43..3300966e 100644
--- a/datatypes/pom.xml
+++ b/datatypes/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-providers</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.1</version>
+    <version>2.16.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <!-- note: different group id, it being datatype -->
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
diff --git a/json/pom.xml b/json/pom.xml
index acd272ea..b4e250d7 100644
--- a/json/pom.xml
+++ b/json/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-providers</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.1</version>
+    <version>2.16.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-json-provider</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-JAXRS: JSON</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5f5c1299..3ffddb83 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-providers</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson: JAX-RS (parent)</name>
-  <version>2.16.1</version>
+  <version>2.16.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <description>Parent for Jackson JAX-RS providers
   </description>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:FasterXML/jackson-jaxrs-providers.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:FasterXML/jackson-jaxrs-providers.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-jaxrs-providers</url>
-    <tag>jackson-jaxrs-providers-2.16.1</tag>
+    <tag>HEAD</tag>
   </scm>
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding> 
diff --git a/smile/pom.xml b/smile/pom.xml
index 03c74348..c8a84b85 100644
--- a/smile/pom.xml
+++ b/smile/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-providers</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.1</version>
+    <version>2.16.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-smile-provider</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-JAXRS: Smile</name>
diff --git a/xml/pom.xml b/xml/pom.xml
index bf826f35..27bc9ae7 100644
--- a/xml/pom.xml
+++ b/xml/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-providers</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.1</version>
+    <version>2.16.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-xml-provider</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-JAXRS: XML</name>
diff --git a/yaml/pom.xml b/yaml/pom.xml
index ddc68857..1e879eec 100644
--- a/yaml/pom.xml
+++ b/yaml/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-providers</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.1</version>
+    <version>2.16.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-yaml-provider</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-JAXRS: YAML</name>