diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 9dcba7e..06dadf7 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>onos-olt</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
-        <version>1.5.0</version>
+        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>