diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index fed28575a4..e81d914fc6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ allprojects {
   // Matches Maven's "project.version". Used in MANIFEST.MF for "Implementation-Version".
   // We try to follow semantic versioning, and thus we use <major>.<minor>.<patch>-<prerelease version>
   // <prerelease version> may be SNAPSHOT, alphax, betax, etc.
-  version = '5.5'
+  version = '5.6-SNAPSHOT'
   // Eventually, we'll stop appending "SNAPSHOT" to our versions and just use this.
-  status = 'release'
+  status = 'development'
 }
 
 // Matches Maven's "project.description".