diff --git a/agent/pom.xml b/agent/pom.xml
index 8f9ecde8..f66ce578 100644
--- a/agent/pom.xml
+++ b/agent/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.23</version>
+        <version>4.0.24</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/byteman/pom.xml b/byteman/pom.xml
index f708919c..f981d83e 100644
--- a/byteman/pom.xml
+++ b/byteman/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.23</version>
+        <version>4.0.24</version>
     </parent>
 
     <description>
diff --git a/contrib/bmunit/pom.xml b/contrib/bmunit/pom.xml
index 2f71db6d..fafc8279 100644
--- a/contrib/bmunit/pom.xml
+++ b/contrib/bmunit/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.23</version>
+        <version>4.0.24</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <build>
diff --git a/contrib/bmunit5/pom.xml b/contrib/bmunit5/pom.xml
index ad9e5508..dfac68d9 100644
--- a/contrib/bmunit5/pom.xml
+++ b/contrib/bmunit5/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.23</version>
+        <version>4.0.24</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <build>
diff --git a/contrib/dtest/pom.xml b/contrib/dtest/pom.xml
index 1cb5bac6..e8979354 100644
--- a/contrib/dtest/pom.xml
+++ b/contrib/dtest/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.23</version>
+        <version>4.0.24</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/contrib/rulecheck-maven-plugin/example/pom.xml b/contrib/rulecheck-maven-plugin/example/pom.xml
index 977dc434..18667428 100644
--- a/contrib/rulecheck-maven-plugin/example/pom.xml
+++ b/contrib/rulecheck-maven-plugin/example/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-rulecheck-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.23</version>
+        <version>4.0.24</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>rulecheck-test</id>
diff --git a/contrib/rulecheck-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/contrib/rulecheck-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 6462382c..51748cef 100644
--- a/contrib/rulecheck-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/contrib/rulecheck-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
 		<artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.23</version>
+		<version>4.0.24</version>
 		<relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/docs/asciidoc/pom.xml b/docs/asciidoc/pom.xml
index 09359f9b..f50d9b2f 100644
--- a/docs/asciidoc/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/asciidoc/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
     <artifactId>byteman-docs</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.23</version>
+    <version>4.0.24</version>
   </parent>
     
   <artifactId>byteman-asciidoc</artifactId>
diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index 5d53b239..dec80795 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
     <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.23</version>
+    <version>4.0.24</version>
   </parent>
     
   <artifactId>byteman-docs</artifactId>
diff --git a/download/pom.xml b/download/pom.xml
index 0b557ad1..ef601fb0 100644
--- a/download/pom.xml
+++ b/download/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.23</version>
+        <version>4.0.24</version>
     </parent>
     <description>
         The Byteman download includes the byteman agent, submit and install jars. the contributed
diff --git a/install/pom.xml b/install/pom.xml
index c8a3c334..1bf3efd2 100644
--- a/install/pom.xml
+++ b/install/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.23</version>
+        <version>4.0.24</version>
     </parent>
 
     <profiles>
diff --git a/jigsaw/pom.xml b/jigsaw/pom.xml
index 5c49a6ee..88b738a2 100644
--- a/jigsaw/pom.xml
+++ b/jigsaw/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.23</version>
+        <version>4.0.24</version>
     </parent>
     <properties>
         <!-- don't install or deploy this jar, instead use it to
diff --git a/layer/pom.xml b/layer/pom.xml
index 6a19412d..c7b0ca6f 100644
--- a/layer/pom.xml
+++ b/layer/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.23</version>
+        <version>4.0.24</version>
     </parent>
     <build>
         <plugins>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6cecafd8..f5bebf72 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         into Java application and JVM runtime methods. Its primary purpose is to support execution tracing and fault
         injection testing.
     </description>
-    <version>4.0.23</version>
+    <version>4.0.24</version>
     <name>byteman-root</name>
     <url>http://www.jboss.org/byteman</url>
 
diff --git a/sample/pom.xml b/sample/pom.xml
index 4063289e..04561bae 100644
--- a/sample/pom.xml
+++ b/sample/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.23</version>
+        <version>4.0.24</version>
     </parent>
     <description>
         The Byteman sample jar contains some example helper classes and auxiliary classes used by the]
diff --git a/submit/pom.xml b/submit/pom.xml
index d9943df6..b03acdda 100644
--- a/submit/pom.xml
+++ b/submit/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.23</version>
+        <version>4.0.24</version>
     </parent>
     <build>
       <plugins>
diff --git a/tests/pom.xml b/tests/pom.xml
index 375fefa8..e5b71c2f 100644
--- a/tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.23</version>
+        <version>4.0.24</version>
     </parent>
 
     <description>