diff --git a/docs/_config.yml b/docs/_config.yml
index 2937499f81334ac94dff12a7173434dc788d4205..605740878ca5c53b910a67877eefed1c17ed75de 100644
--- a/docs/_config.yml
+++ b/docs/_config.yml
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
 # we change the version for the complete docs when forking of a release branch
 # etc.
 # The full version string as referenced in Maven (e.g. 1.2.1)
-version: "1.5-SNAPSHOT"
+version: "1.6-SNAPSHOT"
 # For stable releases, leave the bugfix version out (e.g. 1.2). For snapshot
 # release this should be the same as the regular version
-version_title: "1.5-SNAPSHOT"
-version_javadocs: "1.5"
+version_title: "1.6-SNAPSHOT"
+version_javadocs: "1.6-SNAPSHOT"
 
 # This suffix is appended to the Scala-dependent Maven artifact names
 scala_version_suffix: "_2.11"
diff --git a/flink-annotations/pom.xml b/flink-annotations/pom.xml
index 7433471a9819355d15621681bbecc787b2ce1c13..f28b32c5ee4ba85bb049ee4634c1dbe963c9a751 100644
--- a/flink-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-clients/pom.xml b/flink-clients/pom.xml
index d175b8d031878cce34a85de6b1c14a90544df717..50379c7fb320a6945be1bb07f6fb23404f8e3594 100644
--- a/flink-clients/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-clients/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-cassandra/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-cassandra/pom.xml
index 0fbd968038aa3b638cff02ee73ca8a230a22b650..d1126233420c674a5eec3dc0ce1cd258b58b6f52 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch-base/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch-base/pom.xml
index 9694786f9213bc12c34245de936aa24050a03c48..4b4c93c68ec00aba2a7ca6ce74330e21bbc67577 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch-base/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch-base/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch/pom.xml
index 5187b14143f05a4bee74870f9be8c49459665000..1714ec3752012d44cc0ec7831bb6625a22e37712 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch2/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch2/pom.xml
index 5660219d331f3d9021f1480c42edd125f0c2ecca..1068c1b4826a3ded1a52bbeb9eefa0f20a89c358 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch2/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch2/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch5/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch5/pom.xml
index 16b7cff89b278e2d7756df7d44151743f7a56877..fc97294a8db1aa2011e45ebc3e27b518dab1b07d 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch5/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch5/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-filesystem/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-filesystem/pom.xml
index f1e7473161a650a437c512bd0754f2312d0189b5..7907242f469c6ae9d84cdd8fa59fed48ec63202e 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-filesystem/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-filesystem/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.10/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.10/pom.xml
index 8b4ff38ab73f350cdcfffa917bdb5ebbb61d0a5c..1ae1cd8920632497aeaf064783da725400c3b210 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.10/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.10/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.11/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.11/pom.xml
index 1e935f658a8a344aaffaf201790c24acd5f0ac0a..8a4e339431f6ddf28a52ce3a8f1350fd23d19f20 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.11/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.11/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.8/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.8/pom.xml
index a58591e5c6d80e948661b3fa35ec2109834ec404..02d36f5fceb40987b94dc74ec96048da611e4c33 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.8/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.8/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.9/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.9/pom.xml
index d07cb5a83ea2a08f00e9d09cda377de7dd4b9543..ee0c458171096d1f30accc5a4e49439984aede7f 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.9/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.9/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-base/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-base/pom.xml
index e7412cf1d5222e5a6f10dc5842704361e895a506..4620b8fca00f6bbbe831901ba24b0cb1f60ae0fc 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-base/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-base/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kinesis/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kinesis/pom.xml
index 99629bfec955a1e32d4b74b0f9f9cdb74a2a7743..43046cc4021d03e35cfd762b2e6187e99f1e2eb8 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kinesis/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kinesis/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-nifi/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-nifi/pom.xml
index 3fe6f236c5e420cc9c1fc82b70cf54e54e26788c..dfc73f940a9ee6bdc05367c7c1b6b04580fe0284 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-nifi/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-nifi/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-rabbitmq/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-rabbitmq/pom.xml
index cc80c95fb42541fca60e50b9a75837913cf777c5..0a9549818590ad4f645b431d65ee467d9daec9a0 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-rabbitmq/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-rabbitmq/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-twitter/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-twitter/pom.xml
index 8aa8af202bde733ba111f1f07dae0b5870ec300c..6faa86b629699ba83c62fb5ccae7caa7f32b2356 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-twitter/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-twitter/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-hadoop-compatibility/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-hadoop-compatibility/pom.xml
index 468dc0a4e370dc829e02d03843a7ddfe6f3faf66..0d23e470b81816f4820025094589f94466541c6d 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-hadoop-compatibility/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-hadoop-compatibility/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-hbase/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-hbase/pom.xml
index f70249934b3355f026283fa309960d4033db5e7c..9b2d8e97b8d92e867895ce63af8011bab8f1d1da 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-hbase/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-hbase/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-hcatalog/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-hcatalog/pom.xml
index e613dde72999210fe11d12a5f2324553c66d4890..32a42ca4a26d7d17007b53d5da759fe98839c7fa 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-hcatalog/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-hcatalog/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-jdbc/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-jdbc/pom.xml
index 168d173cbafa6ad155578dc6f7d1897719eda48a..ec84afb8dc04a6db8d52aaa85176e336798afd4c 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-orc/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-orc/pom.xml
index 3ee5e4933187828b5c0c5e70cbddb49448e8c3e2..689cb08b9f0d70fb4e904f8ec53be998d3eef38c 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-orc/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-orc/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-connectors</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/pom.xml
index 1b77833a83619128f0248a1ad93b5114239899b4..bb98403ff2d6fd8f99966388d511ec71312269ac 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-contrib/flink-connector-wikiedits/pom.xml b/flink-contrib/flink-connector-wikiedits/pom.xml
index 39086589d3f5dbe74f9f08c038ad61051d00e28e..57f56268f858202f7b6c2220c7ace01c85c41e47 100644
--- a/flink-contrib/flink-connector-wikiedits/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-contrib/flink-connector-wikiedits/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-contrib</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-contrib/flink-storm-examples/pom.xml b/flink-contrib/flink-storm-examples/pom.xml
index fcd4f4e492202c6154a03ed329525c5cf593bba4..effdd979f0842e89a776fdfa551ada64cae03e45 100644
--- a/flink-contrib/flink-storm-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-contrib/flink-storm-examples/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-contrib</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-contrib/flink-storm/pom.xml b/flink-contrib/flink-storm/pom.xml
index 7abe054c1f5d0b3be758e0a92cfd9e1c0f77cfeb..496aecd34ae3ea53b193d01092231a3168873067 100644
--- a/flink-contrib/flink-storm/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-contrib/flink-storm/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-contrib</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-contrib/pom.xml b/flink-contrib/pom.xml
index 644f2990d6a6a22ca14cc7fefe2af7ed0df7d3e3..5d935719eaebab41e7bacd69ba48e48624952105 100644
--- a/flink-contrib/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-contrib/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-core/pom.xml b/flink-core/pom.xml
index 567de5c25b2ab70f275f986ebc8b8220abf86e76..aaebeb0152327e44dd177641739b33e04ae33ea7 100644
--- a/flink-core/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-core/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-dist/pom.xml b/flink-dist/pom.xml
index c555f666bed20c33fbf054fa6c115a43bc266a27..019047c56b5a6a31e76a61d379daf42f132c888d 100644
--- a/flink-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-dist/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-docs/pom.xml b/flink-docs/pom.xml
index 6abf52b1db0e6a62e4f335f4aeef40990d7a30e1..8b41229865f4af6ff84ac54eafcf449273ba45b0 100644
--- a/flink-docs/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-docs/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-end-to-end-tests/pom.xml b/flink-end-to-end-tests/pom.xml
index 6e9dee677574742b7eafe47ebe168e7af1905ee4..a5bbc52ff462b30195a3b7f5a39714b6ea21a5cc 100644
--- a/flink-end-to-end-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-end-to-end-tests/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-examples/flink-examples-batch/pom.xml b/flink-examples/flink-examples-batch/pom.xml
index e8820eb075aa10afe81f63ea36d65068036d7494..a8e455c26b9c14c8176d6719723e160ab5f2d757 100644
--- a/flink-examples/flink-examples-batch/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ under the License.
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diff --git a/flink-examples/flink-examples-streaming/pom.xml b/flink-examples/flink-examples-streaming/pom.xml
index c9367b75d32154eef352b9de615494f2e9712cbf..ea253d8ea97710356c94f67d5aa92005cdff70b0 100644
--- a/flink-examples/flink-examples-streaming/pom.xml
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 		<artifactId>flink-examples</artifactId>
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diff --git a/flink-examples/flink-examples-table/pom.xml b/flink-examples/flink-examples-table/pom.xml
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--- a/flink-examples/flink-examples-table/pom.xml
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
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diff --git a/flink-examples/pom.xml b/flink-examples/pom.xml
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--- a/flink-examples/pom.xml
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 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
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diff --git a/flink-filesystems/flink-hadoop-fs/pom.xml b/flink-filesystems/flink-hadoop-fs/pom.xml
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--- a/flink-filesystems/flink-hadoop-fs/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
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 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-filesystems</artifactId>
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diff --git a/flink-filesystems/flink-mapr-fs/pom.xml b/flink-filesystems/flink-mapr-fs/pom.xml
index d59baafdf82740202bd5d046b05160b0bef50e38..d67b9021165c8d6eb9d8704ab145a879a567788b 100644
--- a/flink-filesystems/flink-mapr-fs/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
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 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-filesystems</artifactId>
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diff --git a/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-hadoop/pom.xml b/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-hadoop/pom.xml
index ca5790940a1aed5fb7860bab4313b66318cf5c47..5dd911e5ed9f3f749d0492808149e07bb8855260 100644
--- a/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-hadoop/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
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diff --git a/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-presto/pom.xml b/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-presto/pom.xml
index 8ff756183a1c18a4e88b1cc2841eb1f04b7d2775..b49c8149587bde62d26a09b07f6777ae52cbdb16 100644
--- a/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-presto/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
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diff --git a/flink-filesystems/flink-swift-fs-hadoop/pom.xml b/flink-filesystems/flink-swift-fs-hadoop/pom.xml
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--- a/flink-filesystems/flink-swift-fs-hadoop/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
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diff --git a/flink-filesystems/pom.xml b/flink-filesystems/pom.xml
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--- a/flink-filesystems/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-formats/flink-avro/pom.xml b/flink-formats/flink-avro/pom.xml
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--- a/flink-formats/flink-avro/pom.xml
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
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diff --git a/flink-formats/flink-json/pom.xml b/flink-formats/flink-json/pom.xml
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--- a/flink-formats/flink-json/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-formats/pom.xml b/flink-formats/pom.xml
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--- a/flink-formats/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-fs-tests/pom.xml b/flink-fs-tests/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-java/pom.xml b/flink-java/pom.xml
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--- a/flink-java/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-java8/pom.xml b/flink-java8/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-libraries/flink-cep-scala/pom.xml b/flink-libraries/flink-cep-scala/pom.xml
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--- a/flink-libraries/flink-cep-scala/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-libraries/flink-cep/pom.xml b/flink-libraries/flink-cep/pom.xml
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--- a/flink-libraries/flink-cep/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-libraries/flink-gelly-scala/pom.xml b/flink-libraries/flink-gelly-scala/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-libraries/flink-ml/pom.xml b/flink-libraries/flink-ml/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-libraries/flink-python/pom.xml b/flink-libraries/flink-python/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-libraries/flink-streaming-python/pom.xml b/flink-libraries/flink-streaming-python/pom.xml
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--- a/flink-libraries/flink-streaming-python/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-libraries/pom.xml b/flink-libraries/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-mesos/pom.xml b/flink-mesos/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-core/pom.xml b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-core/pom.xml
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--- a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-core/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-datadog/pom.xml b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-datadog/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-dropwizard/pom.xml b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-dropwizard/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-ganglia/pom.xml b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-ganglia/pom.xml
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diff --git a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-graphite/pom.xml b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-graphite/pom.xml
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 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-metrics</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-jmx/pom.xml b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-jmx/pom.xml
index 66de1b3f90b8f6f567e628f16f52531e98833893..d738a7e9abeab2830e97e22c4d56be474b449aa1 100644
--- a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-jmx/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-jmx/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-metrics</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-prometheus/pom.xml b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-prometheus/pom.xml
index 544843c3cf5671c5537e180ee5c21000bd5fc1eb..cb983edc1312eeafc34e6c09e0d12dfbcb41b339 100644
--- a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-prometheus/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-prometheus/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-metrics</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-slf4j/pom.xml b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-slf4j/pom.xml
index d610af23224d208a5c27c123e17c840f939d2ac9..c33a3a17acbb6c2a56d65c85d21e0484b4cbaf83 100644
--- a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-metrics</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-statsd/pom.xml b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-statsd/pom.xml
index 9341987a70fe421130c5815b52ff16a608c195a9..d99865b9cd72fedfe5bd221ca00e619a1c9bbd9b 100644
--- a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-statsd/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-statsd/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-metrics</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-metrics/pom.xml b/flink-metrics/pom.xml
index b98cc34a6e6f839902347e5628f7f6aa63e43e73..a0aba30e97f0d2764815f8f1f9629c8f9c0b57f0 100644
--- a/flink-metrics/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-metrics/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-optimizer/pom.xml b/flink-optimizer/pom.xml
index 33ab35bf121f70d6dae5d0a65cc9e56a515f283b..903621a537c498803efad7cd17278ec13c3166bd 100644
--- a/flink-optimizer/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-optimizer/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-queryable-state/flink-queryable-state-client-java/pom.xml b/flink-queryable-state/flink-queryable-state-client-java/pom.xml
index 3616d0e5e20521293fb2c9235f08ac6a482ad83f..d377292ead8a0270d2ff19bda79c750c40344d94 100644
--- a/flink-queryable-state/flink-queryable-state-client-java/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-queryable-state/flink-queryable-state-client-java/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-queryable-state</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-queryable-state/flink-queryable-state-runtime/pom.xml b/flink-queryable-state/flink-queryable-state-runtime/pom.xml
index 7c003be46a23af5228ae063df29f419872e72792..294a8ddaefb9bb3c7e2268bde918c014a3123da4 100644
--- a/flink-queryable-state/flink-queryable-state-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-queryable-state/flink-queryable-state-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-queryable-state</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-queryable-state/pom.xml b/flink-queryable-state/pom.xml
index 651b1dcd5d7d391258833563783015a1db2d7727..2503a9381bc750524a08959d19cd2e66c8efd297 100644
--- a/flink-queryable-state/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-queryable-state/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-java/pom.xml b/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-java/pom.xml
index ab41e471f317d63ed13287dad691ca9ce9c20580..45d44b04dfb8a820353b354a45486e1758ce378c 100644
--- a/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-java/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-java/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-quickstart</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/pom.xml b/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/pom.xml
index 734a5f9ecff8a00a175bd9097098a2252f5f2e67..6026f2518a8f16ab185adb2279f7cbb654854a68 100644
--- a/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-quickstart</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-quickstart/pom.xml b/flink-quickstart/pom.xml
index 7878969a86781c2327b6ae5c67fce17b4e11b659..deb891eff09e1479aeab519658bff9a7e2ab7a65 100644
--- a/flink-quickstart/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-quickstart/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-runtime-web/pom.xml b/flink-runtime-web/pom.xml
index fc45ddb13a2ff380981db0f067cf5f5f249d409b..837aadb4b251311b5d741176ffa79ca8d327c04f 100644
--- a/flink-runtime-web/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-runtime-web/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-runtime/pom.xml b/flink-runtime/pom.xml
index 2fa922eaf76795edf0d23f89023c3bc3d5b4de3a..5ed096a6fcdddf9d5ccd3d4c5512feb17bac99f9 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-scala-shell/pom.xml b/flink-scala-shell/pom.xml
index 8e0e751b49a985862dcafffe77f3cb9e11111557..f5621bcb6ba66654ccc2885d0b95ed0d521ac343 100644
--- a/flink-scala-shell/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-scala-shell/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-scala/pom.xml b/flink-scala/pom.xml
index 05d0f6776f7fa57448e7912f9ff26cf900ee78e4..6fce155864f9cc0f84fab07bf34e206c0790d16c 100644
--- a/flink-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-scala/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-shaded-curator/pom.xml b/flink-shaded-curator/pom.xml
index 587e4754d79130a5c9d98ac60361313a0df20ceb..f623a1e99dc9b468aa6c84b5769d548bffeb06a4 100644
--- a/flink-shaded-curator/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-shaded-curator/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-hadoop2-uber/pom.xml b/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-hadoop2-uber/pom.xml
index 2af2dba54d2495f1ec6e3753651b55ad6450ce2c..6699347a9f808c5d811dffb387967e2c70da008e 100644
--- a/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-hadoop2-uber/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-hadoop2-uber/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-shaded-hadoop</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-hadoop2/pom.xml b/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-hadoop2/pom.xml
index f842c1cdeb2489d654aec1d6fc439cdad439ed67..1c195d4e1ef625a2f01a4fe738d3efc43bb2b4fb 100644
--- a/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-hadoop2/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-hadoop2/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-shaded-hadoop</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-yarn-tests/pom.xml b/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-yarn-tests/pom.xml
index 65ac699cb99cc645c1cfb506d3b411d45e6926a2..d469a95cc9ab00a319acd954980985732f52b109 100644
--- a/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-yarn-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-shaded-hadoop/flink-shaded-yarn-tests/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-shaded-hadoop</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-shaded-hadoop/pom.xml b/flink-shaded-hadoop/pom.xml
index 5e147d775dc21acf5ba5d5581c50eb387c2b882d..242087b326635c69a2e3f3770cd1b09de236a9da 100644
--- a/flink-shaded-hadoop/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-shaded-hadoop/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-state-backends/flink-statebackend-rocksdb/pom.xml b/flink-state-backends/flink-statebackend-rocksdb/pom.xml
index c6a9f92081a2a8a2bc5302f52d65fe5fe0d6dacd..32c6168a07d22bd37347672d0da7ec5c11c0dfd2 100644
--- a/flink-state-backends/flink-statebackend-rocksdb/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-state-backends/flink-statebackend-rocksdb/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-state-backends</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-state-backends/pom.xml b/flink-state-backends/pom.xml
index c02ad84fb2206af6d994824c22906b088be3c3d1..d87cecad1fbf62cfdf3d4a386414d99459ee074e 100644
--- a/flink-state-backends/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-state-backends/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-streaming-java/pom.xml b/flink-streaming-java/pom.xml
index ef8f1622b4b08edad3bef75fec00092b619fdbe0..300a2926c96d7b2ba492ff99e1ba68b5cde2a9a8 100644
--- a/flink-streaming-java/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-streaming-java/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-streaming-scala/pom.xml b/flink-streaming-scala/pom.xml
index 16a5a21d4085602830c9c74f36c1cceb4baaa01a..7bcf9d7a59021846bfcc3814f23dd20e04e726a0 100644
--- a/flink-streaming-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-streaming-scala/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils-junit/pom.xml b/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils-junit/pom.xml
index 970fbde7589083d16776c873aa81e2b23e339616..4310c2e9eb95407ca53b27fae1c976ca6a52ed8b 100644
--- a/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils-junit/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils-junit/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-test-utils-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils/pom.xml b/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils/pom.xml
index d13febc9fbd8db96515b80a9cd84ddcd696da573..2e92cfb3c320655eb18a119ab5bae0a3dfeb7b56 100644
--- a/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-test-utils-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-test-utils-parent/pom.xml b/flink-test-utils-parent/pom.xml
index fd5a730c72bda36ef687e53cc4b4ac8060fa0af3..5fbc6685c019202b400763c7591ddf4b73ba8e42 100644
--- a/flink-test-utils-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-test-utils-parent/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-tests/pom.xml b/flink-tests/pom.xml
index 9d767a2e2a7eeafb1f83072f4b8daebcdb2ee6f3..8dd131b6317d1121aa905efc43e4fe1187af3b90 100644
--- a/flink-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-tests/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-yarn-tests/pom.xml b/flink-yarn-tests/pom.xml
index 6af7126c64bb0455c3329f27a05ce77e98f8b4c0..b5a86b4b8f2f72ec57d06262ef36300f20b49572 100644
--- a/flink-yarn-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-yarn-tests/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/flink-yarn/pom.xml b/flink-yarn/pom.xml
index aa5a00a215085e5eae031ba06ac58d291a0e1a78..729358d69b3926e88da246514b6ca80a8706ffd5 100644
--- a/flink-yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-yarn/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 		<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5f0ebb4a00c95df4dbc179b77f520d1ed766443b..a140e6e3687a1a8c1f19014fc9826e96cdb4fb26 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ under the License.
 
 	<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 	<artifactId>flink-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>flink</name>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ under the License.
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>force-shading</artifactId>
-			<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Root dependencies for all projects -->
diff --git a/tools/force-shading/pom.xml b/tools/force-shading/pom.xml
index 9089c07edd4b850dd256cdef72f6e76fc65fd303..eefed0c8a989605150b5f56607978ae868ca94a1 100644
--- a/tools/force-shading/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/force-shading/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ under the License.
 
 	<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 	<artifactId>force-shading</artifactId>
-	<version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>