diff --git a/cmdline/pom.xml b/cmdline/pom.xml
index 0a49a598..9d30fa9b 100644
--- a/cmdline/pom.xml
+++ b/cmdline/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
         <artifactId>sdk-pom</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0</version>
+        <version>0.12.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>cmdline</artifactId>
     <properties>
diff --git a/cmdline/src/main/java/io/opentdf/platform/Command.java b/cmdline/src/main/java/io/opentdf/platform/Command.java
index 48f943ed..5301be67 100644
--- a/cmdline/src/main/java/io/opentdf/platform/Command.java
+++ b/cmdline/src/main/java/io/opentdf/platform/Command.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
  */
 class Versions {
     // Version of the SDK, managed by release-please.
-    public static final String SDK = "0.12.0"; // x-release-please-version
+    public static final String SDK = "0.12.1-SNAPSHOT"; // x-release-please-version
 
     // This sdk aims to support this version of the TDF spec; currently 4.3.0.
     public static final String TDF_SPEC = "4.3.0";
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index cc18d0c8..aa05bd64 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>sdk-pom</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
-    <version>0.12.0</version>
+    <version>0.12.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aed4b927..3cad8d63 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.12.0</version>
+    <version>0.12.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>io.opentdf.platform:sdk-pom</name>
     <description>OpenTDF Java SDK</description>
     <url>https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk</url>
diff --git a/sdk/pom.xml b/sdk/pom.xml
index 139cc828..c35fead2 100644
--- a/sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>sdk-pom</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
-        <version>0.12.0</version>
+        <version>0.12.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <properties>
diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/io/opentdf/platform/sdk/Version.java b/sdk/src/main/java/io/opentdf/platform/sdk/Version.java
index 508c9151..6c7cc2fa 100644
--- a/sdk/src/main/java/io/opentdf/platform/sdk/Version.java
+++ b/sdk/src/main/java/io/opentdf/platform/sdk/Version.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 class Version implements Comparable<Version> {
 
     // Version of the SDK, managed by release-please.
-    public static final String SDK = "0.12.0"; // x-release-please-version
+    public static final String SDK = "0.12.1-SNAPSHOT"; // x-release-please-version
 
     private final int major;
     private final int minor;