diff --git a/ebean-externalmapping-xml/pom.xml b/ebean-externalmapping-xml/pom.xml
index ef776aaa9..92194cf86 100644
--- a/ebean-externalmapping-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-externalmapping-xml/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
   <artifactId>ebean-externalmapping-xml</artifactId>
   <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-  <version>12.5.0</version>
+  <version>12.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <dependencies>