diff --git a/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.account.suspension.notification.task/pom.xml b/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.account.suspension.notification.task/pom.xml
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--- a/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.account.suspension.notification.task/pom.xml
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diff --git a/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.user.governance/pom.xml b/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.user.governance/pom.xml
index 64a71ef766..6d7731b493 100644
--- a/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.user.governance/pom.xml
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index f084bd2421..ac37f5acce 100644
--- a/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.user.recovery/pom.xml
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index 62f3b5a4d3..9ec92afaa9 100644
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index 41865861af..aa8578cf74 100644
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index 99673c46bb..772e9475db 100644
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index 1eeb92c7f5..327712025c 100644
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diff --git a/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.user.export.core/pom.xml b/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.user.export.core/pom.xml
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index 83c3a0ab8c..e6a915d70f 100644
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         <artifactId>identity-governance</artifactId>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
-        <version>1.8.96</version>
+        <version>1.8.97-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/features/org.wso2.carbon.identity.tenant.resource.manager.feature/pom.xml b/features/org.wso2.carbon.identity.tenant.resource.manager.feature/pom.xml
index 4098fefcdf..c4fc3ac77c 100644
--- a/features/org.wso2.carbon.identity.tenant.resource.manager.feature/pom.xml
+++ b/features/org.wso2.carbon.identity.tenant.resource.manager.feature/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.carbon.identity.governance</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-governance</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8.96</version>
+        <version>1.8.97-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/features/org.wso2.carbon.identity.user.server.feature/pom.xml b/features/org.wso2.carbon.identity.user.server.feature/pom.xml
index 4aad09f8ba..953057f577 100644
--- a/features/org.wso2.carbon.identity.user.server.feature/pom.xml
+++ b/features/org.wso2.carbon.identity.user.server.feature/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         <groupId>org.wso2.carbon.identity.governance</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-governance</artifactId>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
-        <version>1.8.96</version>
+        <version>1.8.97-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c860b5ef5f..a25f8c7826 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.wso2.carbon.identity.governance</groupId>
     <artifactId>identity-governance</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.96</version>
+    <version>1.8.97-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>WSO2 Carbon - Governance Module</name>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         <url>https://github.com/wso2-extensions/identity-governance.git</url>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/wso2-extensions/identity-governance.git</developerConnection>
         <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/wso2-extensions/identity-governance.git</connection>
-        <tag>v1.8.96</tag>
+        <tag>v1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</tag>
     </scm>