diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index de0869dc70..4878495f96 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ project(ORC C CXX)
 # Version number of package
 SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "1")
 SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "8")
-SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "6")
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "7-SNAPSHOT")
 SET(ORC_VERSION "${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH}")
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_modules")
 
diff --git a/java/bench/core/pom.xml b/java/bench/core/pom.xml
index 94b1b67d1a..b64cd53815 100644
--- a/java/bench/core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/bench/core/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc-benchmarks</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.6</version>
+    <version>1.8.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/bench/hive/pom.xml b/java/bench/hive/pom.xml
index bf3a1c5e69..754bb8a5d2 100644
--- a/java/bench/hive/pom.xml
+++ b/java/bench/hive/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc-benchmarks</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.6</version>
+    <version>1.8.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/bench/pom.xml b/java/bench/pom.xml
index 75b10f0665..1a339c9755 100644
--- a/java/bench/pom.xml
+++ b/java/bench/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.6</version>
+    <version>1.8.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/bench/spark/pom.xml b/java/bench/spark/pom.xml
index 044dd78c3e..c6a9f78e06 100644
--- a/java/bench/spark/pom.xml
+++ b/java/bench/spark/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc-benchmarks</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.6</version>
+    <version>1.8.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/core/pom.xml b/java/core/pom.xml
index 7a0506ffb6..5ee678bd35 100644
--- a/java/core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/core/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.6</version>
+    <version>1.8.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/examples/pom.xml b/java/examples/pom.xml
index d31b157be5..4395425ae7 100644
--- a/java/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/java/examples/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.6</version>
+    <version>1.8.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/mapreduce/pom.xml b/java/mapreduce/pom.xml
index c9fc399602..8b68a8efe3 100644
--- a/java/mapreduce/pom.xml
+++ b/java/mapreduce/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.6</version>
+    <version>1.8.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index b3c5b6375c..be4f9fb2de 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
   <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8.6</version>
+  <version>1.8.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Apache ORC</name>
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     <min.hadoop.version>2.7.3</min.hadoop.version>
     <mockito.version>4.6.1</mockito.version>
     <!-- Build Properties -->
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2023-11-05T06:50:21Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2023-11-05T06:52:37Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
     <storage-api.version>2.8.1</storage-api.version>
     <surefire.version>3.0.0-M5</surefire.version>
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
         <artifactId>orc-shims</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8.6</version>
+        <version>1.8.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
@@ -104,17 +104,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
         <artifactId>orc-core</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8.6</version>
+        <version>1.8.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
         <artifactId>orc-mapreduce</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8.6</version>
+        <version>1.8.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
         <artifactId>orc-tools</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8.6</version>
+        <version>1.8.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- inter-project depedencies -->
diff --git a/java/shims/pom.xml b/java/shims/pom.xml
index 26cd101475..61f3522a38 100644
--- a/java/shims/pom.xml
+++ b/java/shims/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.6</version>
+    <version>1.8.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/tools/pom.xml b/java/tools/pom.xml
index b0d00e3d00..857da211e2 100644
--- a/java/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/java/tools/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.6</version>
+    <version>1.8.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>