diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 56a7a4d..79e3d74 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
 
   <groupId>org.gbif.literature</groupId>
   <artifactId>literature-ws</artifactId>
-  <version>1.17</version>
+  <version>1.18-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>GBIF Literature WS</name>
 
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:gbif/${project.artifactId}.git</connection>
     <url>https://github.com/gbif/${project.artifactId}</url>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:gbif/${project.artifactId}.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>literature-ws-1.17</tag>
+    <tag>HEAD</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <distributionManagement>