diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration-workflow.yml
index c700bc238bb..c78bf31cef7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration-workflow.yml
@@ -253,6 +253,18 @@ jobs:
           export GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_ACCESS_KEY="$GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"
           echo "Tagging and publishing $REPO@$VERSION release on GitHub."
           ./gradlew createGitHubRelease -PnextVersion=$VERSION -Pbranch=$BRANCH -PcreateRelease=true -PgitHubAccessToken=$TOKEN
+      - name: Setup git config
+        run: |
+          git config user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
+          git config user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
+      - name: Update to next Snapshot Version
+        run: |
+          export GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_USERNAME="$GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_USER"
+          export GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_PASSWORD="$GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_PASSWORD"
+          export GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_ACCESS_KEY="$GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"
+          echo "Updating $REPO@$VERSION to next snapshot version."
+          ./gradlew updateToSnapshotVersion -Pcommit=true
+          git push
   notify_result:
     name: Check for failures
     needs: [build_jdk_17, snapshot_tests, check_samples, check_tangles, deploy_artifacts, deploy_docs, deploy_schema, create_release]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-next-version.yml b/.github/workflows/release-next-version.yml
index 8a9f9265515..5828be5e33f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-next-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-next-version.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Release Next Version
 
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: '0 13 * * MON' # Every Monday at 1pm UTC
+    - cron: '0 17 * * MON' # Every Monday at 5pm UTC
   workflow_dispatch: # Manual trigger
 
 env: