diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index adfdc2ce8ccf7e4ac194cb65cf758587f11ddd89..426a7eb3aba1ecc443deaf023a5fe9ead75f13ae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>de.thm.arsnova</groupId>
 	<artifactId>arsnova-backend</artifactId>
-	<version>2.5.2</version>
+	<version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 
 	<properties>