diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a71de59..124f946 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.htmlunit</groupId>
   <artifactId>htmlunit-xpath</artifactId>
-  <version>3.8.0</version>
+  <version>3.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>HtmlUnit-XPath</name>
   <organization>
     <name>HtmlUnit</name>