diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a8de6d3..248105dd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 [![We recommend IntelliJ IDEA](http://amihaiemil.github.io/images/intellij-idea-recommend.svg)](https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/)
 
 
-Self's Core, version `0.0.96`.
+Self's Core, version `0.0.97`.
 
 This repo contains the main Java SE 11 implementation, clean of any framework.
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7d00298f..4c6c92e9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <groupId>com.selfxdsd</groupId>
     <artifactId>self-core</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>0.0.97-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.0.98-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>Self XDSD Core</name>
     <description>Core Implementation of the com.selfxdsd.api.Self Platform</description>
     <modules>
diff --git a/self-api/pom.xml b/self-api/pom.xml
index fabf48fb..54510d73 100644
--- a/self-api/pom.xml
+++ b/self-api/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>self-core</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.selfxdsd</groupId>
-        <version>0.0.97-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.0.98-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <name>Self XDSD API</name>
diff --git a/self-core-impl/pom.xml b/self-core-impl/pom.xml
index af0a7a74..69b783bd 100644
--- a/self-core-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/self-core-impl/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>self-core</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.selfxdsd</groupId>
-        <version>0.0.97-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.0.98-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <name>Self XDSD Implementation</name>