diff --git a/pmd-core/pom.xml b/pmd-core/pom.xml
index aa3aaeeaca..3f653b6707 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>5.3.5</version>
+        <version>5.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-cpp/pom.xml b/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
index fef9475633..482aaa5a8f 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>5.3.5</version>
+        <version>5.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-cs/pom.xml b/pmd-cs/pom.xml
index 0f4d47e294..b83a2f72a0 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>5.3.5</version>
+        <version>5.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-dist/pom.xml b/pmd-dist/pom.xml
index bd5f5f329d..84aafc2677 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>5.3.5</version>
+        <version>5.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-fortran/pom.xml b/pmd-fortran/pom.xml
index 0bfae6c3f2..3da7de1d52 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>5.3.5</version>
+        <version>5.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-go/pom.xml b/pmd-go/pom.xml
index f18f459138..0f7dd0e6a8 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>5.3.5</version>
+        <version>5.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-java/pom.xml b/pmd-java/pom.xml
index 75d57cdfba..5b69b2bac7 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>5.3.5</version>
+        <version>5.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-javascript/pom.xml b/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
index 1718b91b8a..b125340695 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>5.3.5</version>
+        <version>5.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
index 16e648a354..da08657a35 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>5.3.5</version>
+        <version>5.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-matlab/pom.xml b/pmd-matlab/pom.xml
index 5e61de215f..102187dd3a 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>5.3.5</version>
+        <version>5.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml b/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml
index 21631c80ca..229827eec9 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>5.3.5</version>
+        <version>5.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-php/pom.xml b/pmd-php/pom.xml
index 46db2b450e..38cebdcf94 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>5.3.5</version>
+        <version>5.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/pom.xml b/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
index 20b7e60dd9..5bb22ae943 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>5.3.5</version>
+        <version>5.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-python/pom.xml b/pmd-python/pom.xml
index 99bf164dd4..514bf31b66 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>5.3.5</version>
+        <version>5.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-ruby/pom.xml b/pmd-ruby/pom.xml
index 51f86aaf85..9681044f7e 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>5.3.5</version>
+        <version>5.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-scala/pom.xml b/pmd-scala/pom.xml
index d4a9de4afe..e248917b0d 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>5.3.5</version>
+        <version>5.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-test/pom.xml b/pmd-test/pom.xml
index 94793a28bd..ed39dd390e 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>5.3.5</version>
+        <version>5.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-vm/pom.xml b/pmd-vm/pom.xml
index 5acacd2b66..63c75f8fec 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>5.3.5</version>
+        <version>5.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-xml/pom.xml b/pmd-xml/pom.xml
index 7ec05f5e72..bbfb756b0e 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>5.3.5</version>
+        <version>5.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 61e39feb6a..da8098d0f4 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>5.3.5</version>
+    <version>5.3.6-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/5.3.5</tag>
+        <tag>pmd/5.3.x</tag>
     </scm>
     <distributionManagement>
         <site>