diff --git a/pmd-core/pom.xml b/pmd-core/pom.xml
index e0602b9578..ec42831b4f 100644
--- a/pmd-core/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-core/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.7</version>
+        <version>5.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-cpp/pom.xml b/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
index 5261e0254a..493afeb3d2 100644
--- a/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.7</version>
+        <version>5.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-cs/pom.xml b/pmd-cs/pom.xml
index 9f799ee485..902078165f 100644
--- a/pmd-cs/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-cs/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.7</version>
+        <version>5.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-dist/pom.xml b/pmd-dist/pom.xml
index a98e22c091..1d1894e616 100644
--- a/pmd-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-dist/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.7</version>
+        <version>5.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-fortran/pom.xml b/pmd-fortran/pom.xml
index 07a67b7552..c5678f36ae 100644
--- a/pmd-fortran/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-fortran/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.7</version>
+        <version>5.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-go/pom.xml b/pmd-go/pom.xml
index f64940be59..05dcd0d928 100644
--- a/pmd-go/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-go/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.7</version>
+        <version>5.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-java/pom.xml b/pmd-java/pom.xml
index 063ddd0016..3556b5cfa7 100644
--- a/pmd-java/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.7</version>
+        <version>5.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-java8/pom.xml b/pmd-java8/pom.xml
index 682b9a3b39..1e0c85eb94 100644
--- a/pmd-java8/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-java8/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.7</version>
+        <version>5.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-javascript/pom.xml b/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
index 4f7ef13a93..eeb3cfca1a 100644
--- a/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.7</version>
+        <version>5.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
index edd3330996..cc0a5f699b 100644
--- a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.7</version>
+        <version>5.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-matlab/pom.xml b/pmd-matlab/pom.xml
index d4b1733660..b99e822bb7 100644
--- a/pmd-matlab/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-matlab/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.7</version>
+        <version>5.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml b/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml
index 20f4da0144..7d78aafc8f 100644
--- a/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.7</version>
+        <version>5.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-php/pom.xml b/pmd-php/pom.xml
index 5c85e32ca8..795be15765 100644
--- a/pmd-php/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-php/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.7</version>
+        <version>5.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/pom.xml b/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
index 7398903618..e90eb57364 100644
--- a/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.7</version>
+        <version>5.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-python/pom.xml b/pmd-python/pom.xml
index 2c6151363e..ec184e4e15 100644
--- a/pmd-python/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-python/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.7</version>
+        <version>5.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-ruby/pom.xml b/pmd-ruby/pom.xml
index ea4daf8f6f..061d964b8c 100644
--- a/pmd-ruby/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-ruby/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.7</version>
+        <version>5.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-scala/pom.xml b/pmd-scala/pom.xml
index 0c90a12afb..3d6fc1ba84 100644
--- a/pmd-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-scala/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.7</version>
+        <version>5.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-swift/pom.xml b/pmd-swift/pom.xml
index 3bd34a4cb8..73bd4f8d9f 100644
--- a/pmd-swift/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-swift/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.7</version>
+        <version>5.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-test/pom.xml b/pmd-test/pom.xml
index f34f4709f5..78f9d41b8a 100644
--- a/pmd-test/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-test/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.7</version>
+        <version>5.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-vm/pom.xml b/pmd-vm/pom.xml
index 742e65d761..a4f0af6123 100644
--- a/pmd-vm/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-vm/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.7</version>
+        <version>5.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-xml/pom.xml b/pmd-xml/pom.xml
index 4856dc894c..2673ef92ed 100644
--- a/pmd-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-xml/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.7</version>
+        <version>5.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f8b54ecf76..712a6f0ad7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
     <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.7</version>
+    <version>5.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>PMD</name>
 
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/pmd/pmd.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/pmd/pmd.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/pmd/pmd</url>
-        <tag>pmd_releases/5.3.7</tag>
+        <tag>pmd/5.3.x</tag>
     </scm>
     <distributionManagement>
         <site>