diff --git a/java/api-test/api-usage-example/pom.xml b/java/api-test/api-usage-example/pom.xml
index 4e9fb4f6f1..6343a68564 100644
--- a/java/api-test/api-usage-example/pom.xml
+++ b/java/api-test/api-usage-example/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel.test</groupId>
         <artifactId>api-test</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.8-alpha</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/api-test/integration-tests/pom.xml b/java/api-test/integration-tests/pom.xml
index 28fad8cb29..b927f35bc2 100644
--- a/java/api-test/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/java/api-test/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel.test</groupId>
         <artifactId>api-test</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.8-alpha</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/api-test/pom.xml b/java/api-test/pom.xml
index 674371cef4..745389093c 100644
--- a/java/api-test/pom.xml
+++ b/java/api-test/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.8-alpha</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-ai-openai/pom.xml b/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-ai-openai/pom.xml
index 9e4216ec45..dc5d7d48f6 100644
--- a/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-ai-openai/pom.xml
+++ b/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-ai-openai/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.8-alpha</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-azurecognitivesearch/pom.xml b/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-azurecognitivesearch/pom.xml
index ba482efb5e..66925ef1e0 100644
--- a/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-azurecognitivesearch/pom.xml
+++ b/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-azurecognitivesearch/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.8-alpha</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-sqlite/pom.xml b/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-sqlite/pom.xml
index 0c9e399c45..ec7d6caf6a 100644
--- a/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-sqlite/pom.xml
+++ b/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-sqlite/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.8-alpha</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/extensions/semantickernel-gpt3-tokenizer/pom.xml b/java/extensions/semantickernel-gpt3-tokenizer/pom.xml
index c8a983e4b1..68725046d5 100644
--- a/java/extensions/semantickernel-gpt3-tokenizer/pom.xml
+++ b/java/extensions/semantickernel-gpt3-tokenizer/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.8-alpha</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/extensions/semantickernel-planners/pom.xml b/java/extensions/semantickernel-planners/pom.xml
index f51c4b9683..7c0cd6a4f9 100644
--- a/java/extensions/semantickernel-planners/pom.xml
+++ b/java/extensions/semantickernel-planners/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.8-alpha</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/plugins/semantickernel-plugin-core/pom.xml b/java/plugins/semantickernel-plugin-core/pom.xml
index 672a3263da..33f84eba78 100644
--- a/java/plugins/semantickernel-plugin-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/plugins/semantickernel-plugin-core/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.8-alpha</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index b27c5de3e5..3831cce61b 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
     <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.8-alpha</version>
+    <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <url>https://www.github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel</url>
     <name>Semantic Kernel Parent</name>
diff --git a/java/samples/pom.xml b/java/samples/pom.xml
index 31937859aa..5b731668ae 100644
--- a/java/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/java/samples/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
     <artifactId>samples</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.8-alpha</version>
+    <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Semantic Kernel Samples Parent</name>
     <description>Parent pom for sample code for using the Semantic Kernel project</description>
diff --git a/java/samples/sample-code/pom.xml b/java/samples/sample-code/pom.xml
index 00ddfe8d8d..a1c4ce4fd5 100644
--- a/java/samples/sample-code/pom.xml
+++ b/java/samples/sample-code/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>samples</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.8-alpha</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/samples/semantickernel-samples-guice/pom.xml b/java/samples/semantickernel-samples-guice/pom.xml
index e9c29d1ff6..046ee62477 100644
--- a/java/samples/semantickernel-samples-guice/pom.xml
+++ b/java/samples/semantickernel-samples-guice/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>samples</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.8-alpha</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/semantickernel-api/pom.xml b/java/semantickernel-api/pom.xml
index ac3a675808..ff6363e405 100644
--- a/java/semantickernel-api/pom.xml
+++ b/java/semantickernel-api/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.8-alpha</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml b/java/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml
index 9f36512bc5..39b6964b4f 100644
--- a/java/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/java/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
     <artifactId>semantickernel-bom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.8-alpha</version>
+    <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>Semantic Kernel Java BOM</name>
diff --git a/java/semantickernel-core/pom.xml b/java/semantickernel-core/pom.xml
index 4c8134d9ae..2f7fe93bbd 100644
--- a/java/semantickernel-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/semantickernel-core/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.8-alpha</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>