diff --git a/biopet-aggregate/pom.xml b/biopet-aggregate/pom.xml
index 99ccf226096d57cf286da1605971b28498013ede..04f8d08e04d528a2fa59a547dcd365a1fcd68461 100644
--- a/biopet-aggregate/pom.xml
+++ b/biopet-aggregate/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>BiopetRoot</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
             <artifactId>BiopetProtectedPackage</artifactId>
-            <version>0.5.0</version>
+            <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
diff --git a/external-example/pom.xml b/external-example/pom.xml
index 91031dc832c719924bc6ced750276feb3c19a356..c799ac3cca14b7f1459294136f02f97a998f1b47 100644
--- a/external-example/pom.xml
+++ b/external-example/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <artifactId>ExternalExample</artifactId>
 
     <!--TODO: replace version, for a new pipeline it's advised to start with '0.1.0-SNAPSHOT' -->
-    <version>0.5.0</version>
+    <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -40,19 +40,19 @@
             <artifactId>BiopetCore</artifactId>
 
             <!--TODO: replace version of pipeline to a fixed version -->
-            <version>0.5.0</version>
+            <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
             <artifactId>BiopetExtensions</artifactId>
-            <version>0.5.0</version>
+            <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
             <artifactId>Shiva</artifactId>
 
             <!--TODO: replace version of pipeline to a fixed version -->
-            <version>0.5.0</version>
+            <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c7e5417c1ab36a37eb761434f5bb96f036909f63..c8313ae54dbc2c9af3e0cc8fcaaa5ffa41a0fbf7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>public</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/protected/biopet-gatk-extensions/pom.xml b/protected/biopet-gatk-extensions/pom.xml
index cd8f32d1a5dbd7fcd1200358f73b1a8b6c9425a2..76da4b194ba8495a0fb3e84a81b29f2d1d37ffbd 100644
--- a/protected/biopet-gatk-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/protected/biopet-gatk-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>BiopetGatk</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/protected/biopet-gatk-pipelines/pom.xml b/protected/biopet-gatk-pipelines/pom.xml
index e7f330381a90d4fb17913d902d02ce6832d1f102..2cd542a4a3a2dfe4d58f09cf4a28609344e764c4 100644
--- a/protected/biopet-gatk-pipelines/pom.xml
+++ b/protected/biopet-gatk-pipelines/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>BiopetGatk</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/protected/biopet-protected-package/pom.xml b/protected/biopet-protected-package/pom.xml
index bfa9a303084f3926595a772ff1270309c3ab02c1..e6228ebb6f54f15b653fb53872f7736a1833d43e 100644
--- a/protected/biopet-protected-package/pom.xml
+++ b/protected/biopet-protected-package/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>BiopetGatk</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/protected/pom.xml b/protected/pom.xml
index 7bb17235e9869a4b7f58441ab8516a2f7f11a6fe..644d1c08504f15831f7c72ec2b1d1e4949c958fa 100644
--- a/protected/pom.xml
+++ b/protected/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>BiopetRoot</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>BiopetGatk</artifactId>
diff --git a/public/bam2wig/pom.xml b/public/bam2wig/pom.xml
index 98ba88b65c586bab4d0d708cfe44f3acba377218..fab54a97890e332f3ac2e72833ac9d55d42e9d41 100644
--- a/public/bam2wig/pom.xml
+++ b/public/bam2wig/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/bammetrics/pom.xml b/public/bammetrics/pom.xml
index 7a33bd9601413d26ae0bc8776f1375fff7092337..411086864943b1d61a84b9a132bbddce325cff95 100644
--- a/public/bammetrics/pom.xml
+++ b/public/bammetrics/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/public/basty/pom.xml b/public/basty/pom.xml
index b5b764024ea8c71435f2304c4c029751f766dc60..e7a4ca01c2aea65350049cbb3b104684cb44a4b4 100644
--- a/public/basty/pom.xml
+++ b/public/basty/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/public/biopet-core/pom.xml b/public/biopet-core/pom.xml
index 9e48d9b069c7e041667d0d3988b7c94061a069ed..378295317cb5b79835f6023b4b56a3a455a4d8fe 100644
--- a/public/biopet-core/pom.xml
+++ b/public/biopet-core/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/public/biopet-extensions/pom.xml b/public/biopet-extensions/pom.xml
index 060c22472b0f3711336437981c77334608c4da9d..d4483082548a15b58eec526eff896f18d9a558db 100644
--- a/public/biopet-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/public/biopet-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/public/biopet-public-package/pom.xml b/public/biopet-public-package/pom.xml
index 6267b2487bf7c69f4e6cac6b0485c3519a9fcdac..98945e3a22206579af807c6d2fbe4682ff75bd6c 100644
--- a/public/biopet-public-package/pom.xml
+++ b/public/biopet-public-package/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/public/biopet-tools-extensions/pom.xml b/public/biopet-tools-extensions/pom.xml
index 0a98d1ec8aeec18a2515a55f1f426073c2094215..a49c2ebb27913ccaa8080842a48a53392e9a4893 100644
--- a/public/biopet-tools-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/public/biopet-tools-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/public/biopet-tools-package/pom.xml b/public/biopet-tools-package/pom.xml
index 078e3ca6fe0600aa58345285b5262b010e693114..e42db61116c57ffce3057675e94de45ff90ef162 100644
--- a/public/biopet-tools-package/pom.xml
+++ b/public/biopet-tools-package/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/public/biopet-tools/pom.xml b/public/biopet-tools/pom.xml
index b0a9f29a6612cb2936f8b43952c30b145fdd2964..cbd59820cef99e2fed1d3bb6a5da137ce90f5e74 100644
--- a/public/biopet-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/public/biopet-tools/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/public/biopet-utils/pom.xml b/public/biopet-utils/pom.xml
index 15648f4077ce8dd5454a5a534fcac555156c573b..6875ae4b93edcc15da0ea333f7cd86be79ffef9c 100644
--- a/public/biopet-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/public/biopet-utils/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/public/carp/pom.xml b/public/carp/pom.xml
index 19dc52563fb0e26928f095b1e5aacac0ad7b56c5..67f4da89022ba48aff4401fbcfd7ffe52714aa02 100644
--- a/public/carp/pom.xml
+++ b/public/carp/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/public/flexiprep/pom.xml b/public/flexiprep/pom.xml
index 1671ea78b706fc0fff91aaac97e4430962ea8921..97e2df77149f5dd060e1253984804c8a716cb3a8 100644
--- a/public/flexiprep/pom.xml
+++ b/public/flexiprep/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/public/gears/pom.xml b/public/gears/pom.xml
index d23eef0ddbfcf57ae8692b674d8daf976e89e210..c1bf7194cec6f3b71683b36ed2be1bd156b3eb63 100644
--- a/public/gears/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gears/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/public/gentrap/pom.xml b/public/gentrap/pom.xml
index a3c16521a60a56d94cf3db9b605f0711c5f606a8..42b558833ce1d09ce16933fc1ed1a3fd4e63e852 100644
--- a/public/gentrap/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gentrap/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/public/kopisu/pom.xml b/public/kopisu/pom.xml
index 9bb48d0f9ea8bac9654b7777b008f635cd8187b2..720016ce0a8af0070bbdc9b0560c2d72ab5b4761 100644
--- a/public/kopisu/pom.xml
+++ b/public/kopisu/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/public/mapping/pom.xml b/public/mapping/pom.xml
index e8c09611d2f1abb2d31b5077f72c16b90f03dd32..0ce243639822c6b338ad71ceafc3f08500818824 100644
--- a/public/mapping/pom.xml
+++ b/public/mapping/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/public/pom.xml b/public/pom.xml
index c7f75a5958b20c7a9176af5ff625880abb573e17..4a2eb7dbb7237603eb95855d39973114d8fe3c3e 100644
--- a/public/pom.xml
+++ b/public/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
     <name>Biopet</name>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>0.5.0</version>
+    <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     
     <modules>
         <!--<module>biopet-framework</module>-->
diff --git a/public/sage/pom.xml b/public/sage/pom.xml
index 8c23ce7aab5b63d71d4f1f753d0f7ba021903c00..e3eab0bf3eac563b68aee8d71ff58acc7dba4875 100644
--- a/public/sage/pom.xml
+++ b/public/sage/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/public/shiva/pom.xml b/public/shiva/pom.xml
index bd205e7891eeecf12189855134749aa98f5957a5..2638bcfdc1fe39c5dce7c8e2c9a463ec8d8f2e48 100644
--- a/public/shiva/pom.xml
+++ b/public/shiva/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/public/toucan/pom.xml b/public/toucan/pom.xml
index 4557395aecf9a14ebc8d1254024bb6facb588992..64edb91cb6e6da1bcdbc8724591239c5756d1af2 100644
--- a/public/toucan/pom.xml
+++ b/public/toucan/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/public/yamsvp/pom.xml b/public/yamsvp/pom.xml
index 9d2934f3a66a86661aadca6b2f899d539371798a..6f06fcc7dbd1a28fcb1b4a091b3d254929289363 100644
--- a/public/yamsvp/pom.xml
+++ b/public/yamsvp/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>