diff --git a/all/pom.xml b/all/pom.xml
index 5017207f02e4..f8c6d9cf352e 100644
--- a/all/pom.xml
+++ b/all/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1.67.Final</version>
+    <version>4.1.68.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-all</artifactId>
diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
index 206d01c33728..429c477cffed 100644
--- a/bom/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
   <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
   <artifactId>netty-bom</artifactId>
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   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Netty/BOM</name>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     <url>https://github.com/netty/netty</url>
     <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/netty/netty.git</connection>
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-    <tag>netty-4.1.67.Final</tag>
+    <tag>HEAD</tag>
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   <developers>
@@ -69,188 +69,188 @@
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         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
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       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-codec</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-codec-dns</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-codec-haproxy</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-codec-http</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-codec-http2</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-codec-memcache</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-codec-mqtt</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-codec-redis</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-codec-smtp</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-codec-socks</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-codec-stomp</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-codec-xml</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-common</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-dev-tools</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-handler-proxy</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-resolver</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-resolver-dns</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-transport</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-transport-rxtx</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-transport-sctp</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-transport-udt</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-example</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-all</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-resolver-dns-native-macos</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-resolver-dns-native-macos</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-transport-native-unix-common</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-transport-native-unix-common</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-transport-native-unix-common</artifactId>
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         <classifier>osx-x86_64</classifier>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
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         <classifier>linux-aarch_64</classifier>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
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         <classifier>linux-x86_64</classifier>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-transport-native-kqueue</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-transport-native-kqueue</artifactId>
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         <classifier>osx-x86_64</classifier>
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diff --git a/buffer/pom.xml b/buffer/pom.xml
index a640dbaa61e1..44fd8662bd2f 100644
--- a/buffer/pom.xml
+++ b/buffer/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-dns/pom.xml b/codec-dns/pom.xml
index 27ea46e7eecc..86d5a9e1e65d 100644
--- a/codec-dns/pom.xml
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   <artifactId>netty-codec-dns</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-haproxy/pom.xml b/codec-haproxy/pom.xml
index 4730df269e81..9f6bb3b58696 100644
--- a/codec-haproxy/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/codec-http/pom.xml b/codec-http/pom.xml
index 88bea9e11588..2c200c0050ba 100644
--- a/codec-http/pom.xml
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   <artifactId>netty-codec-http</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-http2/pom.xml b/codec-http2/pom.xml
index 8e19121cb6e6..37eaa1a2abf6 100644
--- a/codec-http2/pom.xml
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   <artifactId>netty-codec-http2</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-memcache/pom.xml b/codec-memcache/pom.xml
index a4cf4c1f4aa5..a0e530684542 100644
--- a/codec-memcache/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-codec-memcache</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-mqtt/pom.xml b/codec-mqtt/pom.xml
index b5079403e720..a61631793958 100644
--- a/codec-mqtt/pom.xml
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   <artifactId>netty-codec-mqtt</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-redis/pom.xml b/codec-redis/pom.xml
index 518c0a1bdd7e..1396cc63c5d4 100644
--- a/codec-redis/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/codec-smtp/pom.xml b/codec-smtp/pom.xml
index 800a865308c7..7ec249936398 100644
--- a/codec-smtp/pom.xml
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diff --git a/codec-socks/pom.xml b/codec-socks/pom.xml
index 23f6dda42d62..3cdc551ab719 100644
--- a/codec-socks/pom.xml
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diff --git a/codec-stomp/pom.xml b/codec-stomp/pom.xml
index 5bbac68b6cad..46767c9a2163 100644
--- a/codec-stomp/pom.xml
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diff --git a/codec-xml/pom.xml b/codec-xml/pom.xml
index 0f805ae4d8b5..53a0ddc6480e 100644
--- a/codec-xml/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-codec-xml</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec/pom.xml b/codec/pom.xml
index 301dce4ecf75..14c8e4d069ba 100644
--- a/codec/pom.xml
+++ b/codec/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 3f3f4f022df2..5f5803f63c0d 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/dev-tools/pom.xml b/dev-tools/pom.xml
index 468f69e92a11..fd023d666628 100644
--- a/dev-tools/pom.xml
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
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   <artifactId>netty-dev-tools</artifactId>
-  <version>4.1.67.Final</version>
+  <version>4.1.68.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>Netty/Dev-Tools</name>
 
@@ -50,8 +50,4 @@
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     </plugins>
   </build>
-
-  <scm>
-    <tag>netty-4.1.67.Final</tag>
-  </scm>
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diff --git a/example/pom.xml b/example/pom.xml
index f6b5d7319764..ec84ce56e471 100644
--- a/example/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-example</artifactId>
diff --git a/handler-proxy/pom.xml b/handler-proxy/pom.xml
index 6f1327f9f75a..99dfe7ca30c6 100644
--- a/handler-proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/handler-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-handler-proxy</artifactId>
diff --git a/handler/pom.xml b/handler/pom.xml
index e07ea242be6c..e141b0787c99 100644
--- a/handler/pom.xml
+++ b/handler/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
diff --git a/microbench/pom.xml b/microbench/pom.xml
index e94ecf7fbdeb..5efc9244a6a6 100644
--- a/microbench/pom.xml
+++ b/microbench/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-microbench</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 20afb0f17b8e..b22bb8d0e7b7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
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   <packaging>pom</packaging>
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+  <version>4.1.68.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>Netty</name>
   <url>https://netty.io/</url>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
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     <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/netty/netty.git</connection>
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+    <tag>HEAD</tag>
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diff --git a/resolver-dns-native-macos/pom.xml b/resolver-dns-native-macos/pom.xml
index 1643d4da4b6f..ab05437fc30c 100644
--- a/resolver-dns-native-macos/pom.xml
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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
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diff --git a/resolver-dns/pom.xml b/resolver-dns/pom.xml
index b47bed2b7c16..527f381529ef 100644
--- a/resolver-dns/pom.xml
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   <artifactId>netty-resolver-dns</artifactId>
diff --git a/resolver/pom.xml b/resolver/pom.xml
index f1af7040f58c..6ef6c96300cd 100644
--- a/resolver/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/testsuite-autobahn/pom.xml b/testsuite-autobahn/pom.xml
index ca7c193cfa5d..f8fa38f75fb1 100644
--- a/testsuite-autobahn/pom.xml
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diff --git a/testsuite-http2/pom.xml b/testsuite-http2/pom.xml
index 2bc4b65204c7..76f2f28a39be 100644
--- a/testsuite-http2/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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