diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4d9e0cc6557f8f816d673834daf241764d2384ef..d34efd12e099b56fd90427b261a84e1535595a5e 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <groupId>no.nibio</groupId>
     <artifactId>VIPSCore</artifactId>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
-    <version>9.9.4</version>
+     <version>9.9.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <name>VIPSCore</name>
     <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>