diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b12a529..afdb9e0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
     -->
     <artifactId>exemplar</artifactId>
     <!-- The third part of the Maven coorindate is the version identifier of the artifact: -->
-    <version>5.15.0</version>
+    <version>5.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <!-- The final part is the kind: here we make a `jar`, but there's `war`, `ejb`, `ear`, `maven-plugin`, etc.: -->
     <packaging>jar</packaging>