diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 4d710f514c67b0b2f95c09ddb060165ce41976e6..2efc551a2cdc8f2c96a3c6d598612e43e110773c 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 GROUP=com.squareup.retrofit2
-VERSION_NAME=2.8.2
+VERSION_NAME=2.9.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 POM_URL=https://github.com/square/retrofit
 POM_SCM_URL=https://github.com/square/retrofit/