diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy-snapshot.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy-snapshot.yml
index e5e0bff5..312174bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy-snapshot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy-snapshot.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           artifact-properties: |
             /**/spring-ws-docs-*.zip::zip.type=docs,zip.name=spring-ws,zip.deployed=false
-          build-name: 'spring-ws-4.1.x'
+          build-name: 'spring-ws-5.0.x'
           folder: 'deployment-repository'
           password: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD }}
           repository: 'libs-snapshot-local'
diff --git a/git/hooks/prepare-forward-merge b/git/hooks/prepare-forward-merge
index 9162bbaa..066e4dd5 100755
--- a/git/hooks/prepare-forward-merge
+++ b/git/hooks/prepare-forward-merge
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require 'net/http'
 require 'yaml'
 require 'logger'
 
-$main_branch = "4.1.x"
+$main_branch = "5.0.x"
 
 $log = Logger.new(STDOUT)
 $log.level = Logger::WARN
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 5d9a97d4..3795ad56 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version=4.1.0-SNAPSHOT
+version=5.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 org.gradle.caching=true
 org.gradle.parallel=true