diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 90f8d08..7fc65aa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   </parent>
   <groupId>io.github.ardoco</groupId>
   <artifactId>stanfordnlp</artifactId>
-  <version>0.16.0</version>
+  <version>0.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>StanfordCoreNLP-Provider-Service</name>
   <description>Microservice for Standford Core NLP</description>