diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 28d1660..07e197a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.graylog2</groupId>
     <artifactId>syslog4j</artifactId>
-    <version>0.9.55</version>
+    <version>0.9.56-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>syslog4j-graylog2</name>