diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index b756c9c190..34714921ed 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jvnet.hudson.main</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.60</version>
+    <version>1.61-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ea9e940018..d9165486cb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   
   <groupId>org.jvnet.hudson.main</groupId>
   <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-  <version>1.60</version>
+  <version>1.61-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   
   <name>Hudson main module</name>
@@ -19,8 +19,4 @@
     <module>core</module>
     <module>war</module>
   </modules>
-
-  <scm>
-    <tag>pom-1_60</tag>
-  </scm>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/war/pom.xml b/war/pom.xml
index 079d3ec453..9d6426e4e6 100644
--- a/war/pom.xml
+++ b/war/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jvnet.hudson.main</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.60</version>
+    <version>1.61-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>