diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f2a2a9d..4579bd4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<groupId>redis.clients</groupId>
 	<artifactId>jedis</artifactId>
-	<version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>Jedis</name>
 	<description>Jedis is a blazingly small and sane Redis java client.</description>
   <url>https://github.com/xetorthio/jedis</url>