diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index 30653cb29..1e3813844 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 project.organization=org.scala-tools.sbt
 project.name=xsbt
 sbt.version=0.5.6
-project.version=0.6.9
+project.version=0.6.10-SNAPSHOT
 scala.version=2.7.7