diff --git a/all/pom.xml b/all/pom.xml
index 2313bf8006b9..fb2bdaa478ca 100644
--- a/all/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-all</artifactId>
diff --git a/buffer/pom.xml b/buffer/pom.xml
index d316f9b5ba1a..dc883a6fba0b 100644
--- a/buffer/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-http/pom.xml b/codec-http/pom.xml
index edd6b613efd0..418e2e6c534f 100644
--- a/codec-http/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-codec-http</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-socks/pom.xml b/codec-socks/pom.xml
index 4580537bf921..02ea147380fb 100644
--- a/codec-socks/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-codec-socks</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec/pom.xml b/codec/pom.xml
index a4a09ee67a25..d3cb306be450 100644
--- a/codec/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 1208f72d1101..8396713cc169 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/example/pom.xml b/example/pom.xml
index cfdf985eec2c..f8933a235d51 100644
--- a/example/pom.xml
+++ b/example/pom.xml
@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-example</artifactId>
diff --git a/handler/pom.xml b/handler/pom.xml
index b35419c37717..9e1ea337a176 100644
--- a/handler/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
diff --git a/microbench/pom.xml b/microbench/pom.xml
index 2e03d9b65997..2c8da93ac39a 100644
--- a/microbench/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-microbench</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c2ad756aab4a..ed50b5af2554 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
   <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>4.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>5.0.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>Netty</name>
   <url>http://netty.io/</url>
diff --git a/tarball/pom.xml b/tarball/pom.xml
index c3a82d11f256..8499c848def0 100644
--- a/tarball/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-tarball</artifactId>
diff --git a/testsuite-osgi/pom.xml b/testsuite-osgi/pom.xml
index ef42c4ada65c..8afd1700cb9c 100644
--- a/testsuite-osgi/pom.xml
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diff --git a/testsuite-osgi/testsuite-osgi-deps/pom.xml b/testsuite-osgi/testsuite-osgi-deps/pom.xml
index bc787d445865..6eea6f043093 100644
--- a/testsuite-osgi/testsuite-osgi-deps/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuite-osgi/testsuite-osgi-deps/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-testsuite-osgi-deps</artifactId>
diff --git a/testsuite-osgi/testsuite-osgi-exam/pom.xml b/testsuite-osgi/testsuite-osgi-exam/pom.xml
index 35435fe5585d..46f8257de8c7 100644
--- a/testsuite-osgi/testsuite-osgi-exam/pom.xml
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   <artifactId>netty-testsuite-osgi-exam</artifactId>
diff --git a/testsuite-osgi/testsuite-osgi-split/pom.xml b/testsuite-osgi/testsuite-osgi-split/pom.xml
index 1e3e158dab33..9a52cd7eb8c1 100644
--- a/testsuite-osgi/testsuite-osgi-split/pom.xml
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diff --git a/testsuite/pom.xml b/testsuite/pom.xml
index 5d94b7d73a70..62c09fd0d756 100644
--- a/testsuite/pom.xml
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   <artifactId>netty-testsuite</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport-rxtx/pom.xml b/transport-rxtx/pom.xml
index 17e0c2536e08..5815a9aaab30 100644
--- a/transport-rxtx/pom.xml
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   <artifactId>netty-transport-rxtx</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport-sctp/pom.xml b/transport-sctp/pom.xml
index b4a26b13375e..74d884859f84 100644
--- a/transport-sctp/pom.xml
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   <artifactId>netty-transport-sctp</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport-udt/pom.xml b/transport-udt/pom.xml
index ad144efdc864..16aaefdeb2ef 100644
--- a/transport-udt/pom.xml
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   <artifactId>netty-transport-udt</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport/pom.xml b/transport/pom.xml
index aaf3a841070d..d645d61d1ad8 100644
--- a/transport/pom.xml
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   <artifactId>netty-transport</artifactId>