diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 4dc8a8e628..382f62fa6e 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536M
 
-VERSION_NAME=1.17.0
+VERSION_NAME=1.17.0-SNAPSHOT
 POM_URL=https://github.com/facebook/yoga
 POM_SCM_URL=https://github.com/facebook/yoga.git
 POM_SCM_CONNECTION=scm:git:https://github.com/facebook/yoga.git