diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f832bed3..abdd3c06 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.damap</groupId>
   <artifactId>base</artifactId>
-  <version>4.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
   <description>A tool for machine actionable DMPs.</description>