diff --git a/dspace-api/pom.xml b/dspace-api/pom.xml
index 2e40fd55b2..ced0f562bf 100644
--- a/dspace-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-api/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
         <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0-beta4</version>
+        <version>7.0-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace-oai/pom.xml b/dspace-oai/pom.xml
index b636bcaf86..05ee3dc7df 100644
--- a/dspace-oai/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-oai/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
-        <version>7.0-beta4</version>
+        <version>7.0-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace-rdf/pom.xml b/dspace-rdf/pom.xml
index 92673d9a30..c483ea5a91 100644
--- a/dspace-rdf/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-rdf/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
         <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0-beta4</version>
+        <version>7.0-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace-rest/pom.xml b/dspace-rest/pom.xml
index 84e3172981..be80c8c159 100644
--- a/dspace-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-rest/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
     <artifactId>dspace-rest</artifactId>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
-    <version>7.0-beta4</version>
+    <version>7.0-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>DSpace (Deprecated) REST Webapp</name>
     <description>DSpace RESTful Web Services API. NOTE: this REST API is DEPRECATED.
         Please consider using the REST API in the dspace-server-webapp instead!</description>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
         <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0-beta4</version>
+        <version>7.0-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/pom.xml b/dspace-server-webapp/pom.xml
index 7efc8e6dbb..ffc880834b 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
         <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0-beta4</version>
+        <version>7.0-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace-services/pom.xml b/dspace-services/pom.xml
index bda8afcdba..b9128654b4 100644
--- a/dspace-services/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-services/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
         <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0-beta4</version>
+        <version>7.0-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/dspace-sword/pom.xml b/dspace-sword/pom.xml
index b3e0d22a7e..f98d4a242d 100644
--- a/dspace-sword/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-sword/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
         <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0-beta4</version>
+        <version>7.0-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace-swordv2/pom.xml b/dspace-swordv2/pom.xml
index 180d3c6b4c..dee2a0d4a1 100644
--- a/dspace-swordv2/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-swordv2/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
         <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0-beta4</version>
+        <version>7.0-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d3d9c7686c..c909d52f76 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
     <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>7.0-beta4</version>
+    <version>7.0-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>DSpace Parent Project</name>
     <description>
    	DSpace open source software is a turnkey institutional repository application.
@@ -851,14 +851,14 @@
                    <dependency>
                        <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
                        <artifactId>dspace-rest</artifactId>
-                       <version>7.0-beta4</version>
+                       <version>7.0-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
                        <type>jar</type>
                        <classifier>classes</classifier>
                    </dependency>
                    <dependency>
                        <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
                        <artifactId>dspace-rest</artifactId>
-                       <version>7.0-beta4</version>
+                       <version>7.0-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
                        <type>war</type>
                    </dependency>
                </dependencies>
@@ -1005,13 +1005,13 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
                 <artifactId>dspace-api</artifactId>
-                <version>7.0-beta4</version>
+                <version>7.0-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
                 <artifactId>dspace-api</artifactId>
                 <type>test-jar</type>
-                <version>7.0-beta4</version>
+                <version>7.0-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
@@ -1023,46 +1023,46 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
                 <artifactId>dspace-sword</artifactId>
-                <version>7.0-beta4</version>
+                <version>7.0-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
                 <artifactId>dspace-swordv2</artifactId>
-                <version>7.0-beta4</version>
+                <version>7.0-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
                 <artifactId>dspace-oai</artifactId>
-                <version>7.0-beta4</version>
+                <version>7.0-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
                 <artifactId>dspace-services</artifactId>
-                <version>7.0-beta4</version>
+                <version>7.0-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
                 <artifactId>dspace-server-webapp</artifactId>
                 <type>test-jar</type>
-                <version>7.0-beta4</version>
+                <version>7.0-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
                 <artifactId>dspace-rdf</artifactId>
-                <version>7.0-beta4</version>
+                <version>7.0-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
                 <artifactId>dspace-server-webapp</artifactId>
-                <version>7.0-beta4</version>
+                <version>7.0-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
                 <type>jar</type>
                 <classifier>classes</classifier>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
                 <artifactId>dspace-server-webapp</artifactId>
-                <version>7.0-beta4</version>
+                <version>7.0-beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
                 <type>war</type>
             </dependency>
             <!-- DSpace API Localization Packages -->
@@ -1848,7 +1848,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:DSpace/DSpace.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:DSpace/DSpace.git</developerConnection>
         <url>git@github.com:DSpace/DSpace.git</url>
-        <tag>dspace-7.0-beta4</tag>
+        <tag>HEAD</tag>
     </scm>