diff --git a/hibernate4/pom.xml b/hibernate4/pom.xml
index 169ddab..a074e8c 100644
--- a/hibernate4/pom.xml
+++ b/hibernate4/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0</version>
+    <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate4</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-datatype-Hibernate4</name>
diff --git a/hibernate5-jakarta/pom.xml b/hibernate5-jakarta/pom.xml
index ae82722..f51ac94 100644
--- a/hibernate5-jakarta/pom.xml
+++ b/hibernate5-jakarta/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0</version>
+    <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate5-jakarta</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-datatype-Hibernate5-jakarta</name>
diff --git a/hibernate5/pom.xml b/hibernate5/pom.xml
index 67c877a..4d25508 100644
--- a/hibernate5/pom.xml
+++ b/hibernate5/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0</version>
+    <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate5</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-datatype-Hibernate5</name>
diff --git a/hibernate6/pom.xml b/hibernate6/pom.xml
index 1f0e138..1806a23 100644
--- a/hibernate6/pom.xml
+++ b/hibernate6/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0</version>
+    <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate6</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-datatype-hibernate6</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a37f39..6608340 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate-parent</artifactId>
   <name>Hibernate module parent</name>
-  <version>2.18.0</version>
+  <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <description>Parent pom for shared settings for project sub-modules
   </description>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:FasterXML/jackson-datatype-hibernate.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:FasterXML/jackson-datatype-hibernate.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-datatype-hibernate</url>
-    <tag>jackson-datatype-hibernate-parent-2.18.0</tag>
+    <tag>jackson-datatype-hibernate-parent-2.18.0-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <properties>