diff --git a/barcodes/pom.xml b/barcodes/pom.xml
index 14e3798d06..901faf3a30 100644
--- a/barcodes/pom.xml
+++ b/barcodes/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
     <artifactId>root</artifactId>
-    <version>7.1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>barcodes</artifactId>
   <name>iText 7 - barcodes</name>
diff --git a/font-asian/pom.xml b/font-asian/pom.xml
index 91182dfbb9..16cc5e5660 100644
--- a/font-asian/pom.xml
+++ b/font-asian/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
     <artifactId>root</artifactId>
-    <version>7.1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>font-asian</artifactId>
   <name>iText 7 - Asian fonts</name>
diff --git a/forms/pom.xml b/forms/pom.xml
index 244a280c97..dc2269f3ef 100644
--- a/forms/pom.xml
+++ b/forms/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
     <artifactId>root</artifactId>
-    <version>7.1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>forms</artifactId>
   <name>iText 7 - forms</name>
diff --git a/hyph/pom.xml b/hyph/pom.xml
index ef54c13a2d..86cb6de362 100644
--- a/hyph/pom.xml
+++ b/hyph/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
     <artifactId>root</artifactId>
-    <version>7.1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hyph</artifactId>
   <name>iText 7 - hyph</name>
diff --git a/io/pom.xml b/io/pom.xml
index b6f4ae066d..0624c0fa37 100644
--- a/io/pom.xml
+++ b/io/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
     <artifactId>root</artifactId>
-    <version>7.1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>io</artifactId>
   <name>iText 7 - io</name>
diff --git a/itextcore/pom.xml b/itextcore/pom.xml
index adeb169e5a..734435dd8a 100644
--- a/itextcore/pom.xml
+++ b/itextcore/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
   <artifactId>itext7-core</artifactId>
-  <version>7.1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>7.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>iText 7 Core</name>
   <description>A Free Java-PDF library</description>
diff --git a/kernel/pom.xml b/kernel/pom.xml
index fe6fb3513e..bb35dd7d7e 100644
--- a/kernel/pom.xml
+++ b/kernel/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
     <artifactId>root</artifactId>
-    <version>7.1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>kernel</artifactId>
   <name>iText 7 - kernel</name>
diff --git a/kernel/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/kernel/Version.java b/kernel/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/kernel/Version.java
index 6a570d9a02..e755563418 100644
--- a/kernel/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/kernel/Version.java
+++ b/kernel/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/kernel/Version.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public final class Version {
      * This String contains the version number of this iText release.
      * For debugging purposes, we request you NOT to change this constant.
      */
-    private static final String release = "7.1.17-SNAPSHOT";
+    private static final String release = "7.2.0-SNAPSHOT";
     /**
      * This String contains the iText version as shown in the producer line.
      * iText is a product developed by iText Group NV.
diff --git a/layout/pom.xml b/layout/pom.xml
index c7485d2dd7..905f7bbbab 100644
--- a/layout/pom.xml
+++ b/layout/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
     <artifactId>root</artifactId>
-    <version>7.1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>layout</artifactId>
   <name>iText 7 - layout</name>
diff --git a/pdfa/pom.xml b/pdfa/pom.xml
index 189bfed0d9..aad392a44c 100644
--- a/pdfa/pom.xml
+++ b/pdfa/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
     <artifactId>root</artifactId>
-    <version>7.1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>pdfa</artifactId>
   <name>iText 7 - pdfa</name>
diff --git a/pdftest/pom.xml b/pdftest/pom.xml
index 195acd7061..92047ab424 100644
--- a/pdftest/pom.xml
+++ b/pdftest/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
     <artifactId>root</artifactId>
-    <version>7.1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>pdftest</artifactId>
   <name>iText 7 - pdftest</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 10d389b814..7bba2ccaf1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
   <artifactId>root</artifactId>
-  <version>7.1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>7.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>iText 7</name>
   <description>A Free Java-PDF library</description>
diff --git a/sign/pom.xml b/sign/pom.xml
index 66a8045e02..d458686e42 100644
--- a/sign/pom.xml
+++ b/sign/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
     <artifactId>root</artifactId>
-    <version>7.1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>sign</artifactId>
   <name>iText 7 - sign</name>
diff --git a/styled-xml-parser/pom.xml b/styled-xml-parser/pom.xml
index 6c22e422ab..ce1061c76a 100644
--- a/styled-xml-parser/pom.xml
+++ b/styled-xml-parser/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
     <artifactId>root</artifactId>
-    <version>7.1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>styled-xml-parser</artifactId>
   <name>iText 7 - Styled XML Parser</name>
diff --git a/svg/pom.xml b/svg/pom.xml
index 3c9fc5d3c3..8a0be2ca68 100644
--- a/svg/pom.xml
+++ b/svg/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
     <artifactId>root</artifactId>
-    <version>7.1.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>svg</artifactId>
   <name>iText 7 - SVG</name>