diff --git a/asterix-external-data/pom.xml b/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
index 746f8a0..3a53d08 100644
--- a/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
-		<version>0.8.4</version>
+		<version>0.8.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>asterix-external-data</artifactId>
 
@@ -94,21 +94,21 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-om</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.4</version>
+			<version>0.8.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-runtime</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.4</version>
+			<version>0.8.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-metadata</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.4</version>
+			<version>0.8.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.4</version>
+			<version>0.8.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.microsoft.windowsazure</groupId>