[maven-release-plugin] prepare for next development iteration
diff --git a/asterix-app/pom.xml b/asterix-app/pom.xml
index a1808bf..c9a1b8e 100644
--- a/asterix-app/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-app/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-        <version>0.8.7-incubating</version>
+        <version>0.8.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>asterix-app</artifactId>
 
@@ -136,48 +136,48 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
             <artifactId>asterix-algebra</artifactId>
-            <version>0.8.7-incubating</version>
+            <version>0.8.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
             <artifactId>asterix-aql</artifactId>
-            <version>0.8.7-incubating</version>
+            <version>0.8.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <type>jar</type>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
             <artifactId>asterix-om</artifactId>
-            <version>0.8.7-incubating</version>
+            <version>0.8.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <type>jar</type>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
             <artifactId>asterix-metadata</artifactId>
-            <version>0.8.7-incubating</version>
+            <version>0.8.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <type>jar</type>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
             <artifactId>asterix-tools</artifactId>
-            <version>0.8.7-incubating</version>
+            <version>0.8.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <type>jar</type>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
             <artifactId>asterix-common</artifactId>
-            <version>0.8.7-incubating</version>
+            <version>0.8.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <type>jar</type>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
             <artifactId>asterix-common</artifactId>
-            <version>0.8.7-incubating</version>
+            <version>0.8.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
             <artifactId>asterix-transactions</artifactId>
-            <version>0.8.7-incubating</version>
+            <version>0.8.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
             <artifactId>asterix-test-framework</artifactId>
-            <version>0.8.7-incubating</version>
+            <version>0.8.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>