diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 687605c9..0306b1cf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.hateoas</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-hateoas</artifactId>
-	<version>2.5.1</version>
+	<version>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>Spring HATEOAS</name>
 	<url>https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-hateoas</url>
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@
 		<url>https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-hateoas</url>
 		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/spring-projects/spring-hateoas.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com:spring-projects/spring-hateoas.git</developerConnection>
-		<tag>2.5.1</tag>
+		<tag>2.5.x</tag>
 	</scm>
 
 	<repositories>