diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 21465e1cad..f333318f10 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>gov.nsa.emissary</groupId>
   <artifactId>emissary</artifactId>
-  <version>8.7.0</version>
+  <version>8.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Emissary</name>
   <description>Distributed P2P Data-driven Workflow Framework</description>