diff --git a/avro/pom.xml b/avro/pom.xml
index ea69a2f88..b5200f2e5 100644
--- a/avro/pom.xml
+++ b/avro/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-binary</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.1</version>
+    <version>2.16.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-avro</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson dataformat: Avro</name>
diff --git a/cbor/pom.xml b/cbor/pom.xml
index b64caec0e..ea6a7d1cd 100644
--- a/cbor/pom.xml
+++ b/cbor/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-binary</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.1</version>
+    <version>2.16.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-cbor</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson dataformat: CBOR</name>
diff --git a/ion/pom.xml b/ion/pom.xml
index bae173ab5..12aa6ba7c 100644
--- a/ion/pom.xml
+++ b/ion/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-binary</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.1</version>
+    <version>2.16.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-ion</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f6bcada2f..cb43cfa93 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-binary</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson dataformats: Binary</name>
-  <version>2.16.1</version>
+  <version>2.16.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <description>Parent pom for Jackson binary dataformats.
   </description>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-binary.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-binary.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-binary</url>
-    <tag>jackson-dataformats-binary-2.16.1</tag>
+    <tag>HEAD</tag>
   </scm>
   <issueManagement>
     <url>https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-binary/issues</url>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
     <!-- for Reproducible Builds -->
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2023-12-24T05:18:21Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2023-12-24T05:19:10Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     
     <!-- 20-Mar-2021, tatu: limit heap for tests to catch some
 	 of "too big allocation" cases
diff --git a/protobuf/pom.xml b/protobuf/pom.xml
index c064c6a89..bd6998012 100644
--- a/protobuf/pom.xml
+++ b/protobuf/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-binary</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.1</version>
+    <version>2.16.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-protobuf</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson dataformat: protobuf</name>
diff --git a/smile/pom.xml b/smile/pom.xml
index 90d8f3f72..ea9138bda 100644
--- a/smile/pom.xml
+++ b/smile/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-binary</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.1</version>
+    <version>2.16.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-smile</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson dataformat: Smile</name>