diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 27e71e66dc..1754034a86 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.3.1</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>
     The easiest way to share your Git, Mercurial
     and Subversion repositories.
diff --git a/scm-annotation-processor/pom.xml b/scm-annotation-processor/pom.xml
index 850977e879..30599bb27e 100644
--- a/scm-annotation-processor/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-annotation-processor/pom.xml
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-annotation-processor</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.1</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-annotation-processor</name>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- rest api -->
diff --git a/scm-annotations/pom.xml b/scm-annotations/pom.xml
index cd2ce6edaa..45cc5aea7f 100644
--- a/scm-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>scm-annotations</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.1</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-annotations</name>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/scm-core/pom.xml b/scm-core/pom.xml
index bd673f9e0e..f7df981723 100644
--- a/scm-core/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-core/pom.xml
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
-    <version>2.3.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.1</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-core</name>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-annotation-processor</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/scm-dao-xml/pom.xml b/scm-dao-xml/pom.xml
index 0b0d9d8038..73f21b899f 100644
--- a/scm-dao-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-dao-xml/pom.xml
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>scm-dao-xml</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.1</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-dao-xml</name>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- test -->
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/scm-it/pom.xml b/scm-it/pom.xml
index 88af2d4437..90c22cda75 100644
--- a/scm-it/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-it/pom.xml
@@ -31,40 +31,40 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-it</artifactId>
   <!-- we need type war, because the jetty plugin does not work with jar or pom -->
   <packaging>war</packaging>
-  <version>2.3.1</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-it</name>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-git-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-git-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-hg-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-hg-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -87,14 +87,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-svn-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-svn-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/scm-packaging/deb/pom.xml b/scm-packaging/deb/pom.xml
index 142cf4fb37..1b55fd5033 100644
--- a/scm-packaging/deb/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-packaging/deb/pom.xml
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.packaging</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm-packaging</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>deb</artifactId>
   <packaging>deb</packaging>
-  <version>2.3.1</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Packaging for Debian/Ubuntu</description>
   <name>deb</name>
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-server</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/scm-packaging/docker/pom.xml b/scm-packaging/docker/pom.xml
index f3ee083458..156ff6a028 100644
--- a/scm-packaging/docker/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-packaging/docker/pom.xml
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.packaging</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm-packaging</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>docker</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.3.1</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <dependencies>
 
diff --git a/scm-packaging/helm/pom.xml b/scm-packaging/helm/pom.xml
index 01454dba49..93817d57c2 100644
--- a/scm-packaging/helm/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-packaging/helm/pom.xml
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.packaging</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm-packaging</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>helm</artifactId>
   <packaging>helm</packaging>
-  <version>2.3.1</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <properties>
     <helm.version>3.2.1</helm.version>
diff --git a/scm-packaging/pom.xml b/scm-packaging/pom.xml
index 1c63a39a9b..ed85aff8e2 100644
--- a/scm-packaging/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-packaging/pom.xml
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.packaging</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-packaging</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.3.1</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <properties>
     <deployment.serverId>packages.scm-manager.org</deployment.serverId>
diff --git a/scm-packaging/release-yaml/pom.xml b/scm-packaging/release-yaml/pom.xml
index 1bf53a1edc..af5e983661 100644
--- a/scm-packaging/release-yaml/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-packaging/release-yaml/pom.xml
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.packaging</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm-packaging</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>release-yaml</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.3.1</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
diff --git a/scm-packaging/rpm/pom.xml b/scm-packaging/rpm/pom.xml
index 3c26eb974e..5af952fd87 100644
--- a/scm-packaging/rpm/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-packaging/rpm/pom.xml
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.packaging</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm-packaging</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>rpm</artifactId>
   <packaging>rpm</packaging>
-  <version>2.3.1</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Packaging for RedHat/Centos/Fedora</description>
   <name>rpm</name>
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-server</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/scm-packaging/unix/pom.xml b/scm-packaging/unix/pom.xml
index f3a9abd25b..a03977fbf5 100644
--- a/scm-packaging/unix/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-packaging/unix/pom.xml
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.packaging</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm-packaging</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>unix</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.3.1</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <dependencies>
 
diff --git a/scm-packaging/windows/pom.xml b/scm-packaging/windows/pom.xml
index 62a012ca85..e0f0181d3a 100644
--- a/scm-packaging/windows/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-packaging/windows/pom.xml
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.packaging</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm-packaging</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>windows</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.3.1</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <dependencies>
 
diff --git a/scm-plugins/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/pom.xml
index 93b739231a..a407c38471 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-plugins</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.3.1</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-plugins</name>
 
   <modules>
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-annotation-processor</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
index e18ea4f8cb..b184af3645 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-plugins</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
-    <version>2.3.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>scm-git-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/pom.xml
index 5ff57fc842..ae491a1f04 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>scm-hg-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-legacy-plugin/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/scm-legacy-plugin/pom.xml
index 97326bb135..f1f62b66dc 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-legacy-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-legacy-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>scm-legacy-plugin</artifactId>
   <description>Support migrated repository urls and v1 passwords</description>
-  <version>2.3.1</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>smp</packaging>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml
index bca168626f..28145f3dcb 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm-plugins</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
-    <version>2.3.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>scm-svn-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/scm-server/pom.xml b/scm-server/pom.xml
index 23364383df..96c89ac660 100644
--- a/scm-server/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-server/pom.xml
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
-    <version>2.3.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-server</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.1</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-server</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
diff --git a/scm-test/pom.xml b/scm-test/pom.xml
index e093503806..c430ba59ba 100644
--- a/scm-test/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-test/pom.xml
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
-    <version>2.3.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.1</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-test</name>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/scm-ui/pom.xml b/scm-ui/pom.xml
index dd51938103..ebdcb9dc1c 100644
--- a/scm-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-ui/pom.xml
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-ui</artifactId>
   <packaging>war</packaging>
-  <version>2.3.1</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-ui</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/scm-webapp/pom.xml b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
index 44bfc292ed..a2f1b97957 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
     <artifactId>scm</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
   <artifactId>scm-webapp</artifactId>
   <packaging>war</packaging>
-  <version>2.3.1</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>scm-webapp</name>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-annotation-processor</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-dao-xml</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- security -->
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-test</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-git-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -402,14 +402,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-git-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-hg-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -417,14 +417,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-hg-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-svn-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-svn-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
           <artifactId>scm-ui</artifactId>
-          <version>2.3.1</version>
+          <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
           <type>war</type>
         </dependency>