diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 900a862b8..2e3c07bb4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.gatk</groupId>
         <artifactId>gatk-root</artifactId>
-        <version>3.7</version>
+        <version>3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>public/gatk-root</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/protected/gatk-package-distribution/pom.xml b/protected/gatk-package-distribution/pom.xml
index c97741bf2..1b2f536b9 100644
--- a/protected/gatk-package-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/protected/gatk-package-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.gatk</groupId>
         <artifactId>gatk-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>3.7</version>
+        <version>3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/protected/gatk-queue-extensions-distribution/pom.xml b/protected/gatk-queue-extensions-distribution/pom.xml
index 3e08662b5..4642aeb68 100644
--- a/protected/gatk-queue-extensions-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/protected/gatk-queue-extensions-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.gatk</groupId>
         <artifactId>gatk-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>3.7</version>
+        <version>3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/protected/gatk-queue-package-distribution/pom.xml b/protected/gatk-queue-package-distribution/pom.xml
index 90c1da59d..20ec5fc6f 100644
--- a/protected/gatk-queue-package-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/protected/gatk-queue-package-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.gatk</groupId>
         <artifactId>gatk-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>3.7</version>
+        <version>3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/protected/gatk-tools-protected/pom.xml b/protected/gatk-tools-protected/pom.xml
index 551a9b4b1..eb1bfbdca 100644
--- a/protected/gatk-tools-protected/pom.xml
+++ b/protected/gatk-tools-protected/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.gatk</groupId>
         <artifactId>gatk-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>3.7</version>
+        <version>3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/protected/pom.xml b/protected/pom.xml
index f7784df3b..38677c7c6 100644
--- a/protected/pom.xml
+++ b/protected/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.gatk</groupId>
         <artifactId>gatk-root</artifactId>
-        <version>3.7</version>
+        <version>3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../public/gatk-root</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/VectorPairHMM/pom.xml b/public/VectorPairHMM/pom.xml
index e065b3b69..9ae0b3260 100644
--- a/public/VectorPairHMM/pom.xml
+++ b/public/VectorPairHMM/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.gatk</groupId>
         <artifactId>gatk-root</artifactId>
-        <version>3.7</version>
+        <version>3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../public/gatk-root</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/external-example/pom.xml b/public/external-example/pom.xml
index 545a11b84..f7fc49613 100644
--- a/public/external-example/pom.xml
+++ b/public/external-example/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <name>External Example</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <gatk.version>3.7</gatk.version>
+        <gatk.version>3.8-SNAPSHOT</gatk.version>
         <!--
         gatk.basedir property must point to your checkout of GATK/GATK until we can get all the
         dependencies out of the committed gatk repo and into central.
diff --git a/public/gatk-engine/pom.xml b/public/gatk-engine/pom.xml
index 24cb5d530..e35726a06 100644
--- a/public/gatk-engine/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gatk-engine/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.gatk</groupId>
         <artifactId>gatk-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>3.7</version>
+        <version>3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/gatk-queue-extensions-generator/pom.xml b/public/gatk-queue-extensions-generator/pom.xml
index c72ebaa1b..957a7ac54 100644
--- a/public/gatk-queue-extensions-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gatk-queue-extensions-generator/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.gatk</groupId>
         <artifactId>gatk-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>3.7</version>
+        <version>3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/gatk-queue-extensions-public/pom.xml b/public/gatk-queue-extensions-public/pom.xml
index b6ea1049b..b7de62f5f 100644
--- a/public/gatk-queue-extensions-public/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gatk-queue-extensions-public/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.gatk</groupId>
         <artifactId>gatk-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>3.7</version>
+        <version>3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/gatk-queue/pom.xml b/public/gatk-queue/pom.xml
index 30f755729..60aa8a65e 100644
--- a/public/gatk-queue/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gatk-queue/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.gatk</groupId>
         <artifactId>gatk-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>3.7</version>
+        <version>3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/gatk-root/pom.xml b/public/gatk-root/pom.xml
index c04f6eaec..843f0cd8a 100644
--- a/public/gatk-root/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gatk-root/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.broadinstitute.gatk</groupId>
     <artifactId>gatk-root</artifactId>
-    <version>3.7</version>
+    <version>3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>GATK Root</name>
 
diff --git a/public/gatk-tools-public/pom.xml b/public/gatk-tools-public/pom.xml
index 3ebc8789d..8ee7cf4d3 100644
--- a/public/gatk-tools-public/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gatk-tools-public/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.gatk</groupId>
         <artifactId>gatk-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>3.7</version>
+        <version>3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/gatk-utils/pom.xml b/public/gatk-utils/pom.xml
index b0b10ef28..c1bbf8ad0 100644
--- a/public/gatk-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gatk-utils/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.gatk</groupId>
         <artifactId>gatk-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>3.7</version>
+        <version>3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/gsalib/pom.xml b/public/gsalib/pom.xml
index 8d6ee3acd..9f38ff9f5 100644
--- a/public/gsalib/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gsalib/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.gatk</groupId>
         <artifactId>gatk-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>3.7</version>
+        <version>3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/package-tests/pom.xml b/public/package-tests/pom.xml
index aba47ff93..47b6f484c 100644
--- a/public/package-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/public/package-tests/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.gatk</groupId>
         <artifactId>gatk-root</artifactId>
-        <version>3.7</version>
+        <version>3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../gatk-root</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/pom.xml b/public/pom.xml
index 55bdd588c..d583ee214 100644
--- a/public/pom.xml
+++ b/public/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.gatk</groupId>
         <artifactId>gatk-root</artifactId>
-        <version>3.7</version>
+        <version>3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>gatk-root</relativePath>
     </parent>