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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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         <groupId>org.onap.policy.apex-pdp.testsuites</groupId>
         <artifactId>apex-testsuites</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.onap.policy.apex-pdp.testsuites.integration</groupId>
diff --git a/testsuites/performance/performance-benchmark-test/pom.xml b/testsuites/performance/performance-benchmark-test/pom.xml
index 3d8f973..9753431 100644
--- a/testsuites/performance/performance-benchmark-test/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuites/performance/performance-benchmark-test/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.apex-pdp.testsuites.performance</groupId>
         <artifactId>apex-performance</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>performance-benchmark-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/testsuites/performance/pom.xml b/testsuites/performance/pom.xml
index 494a2b5..e05d3ef 100644
--- a/testsuites/performance/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuites/performance/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.apex-pdp.testsuites</groupId>
         <artifactId>apex-testsuites</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.onap.policy.apex-pdp.testsuites.performance</groupId>
diff --git a/testsuites/pom.xml b/testsuites/pom.xml
index 9d48ca8..6298d5e 100644
--- a/testsuites/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuites/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.apex-pdp</groupId>
         <artifactId>apex-pdp</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.onap.policy.apex-pdp.testsuites</groupId>
diff --git a/tools/model-generator/pom.xml b/tools/model-generator/pom.xml
index ad6e24b..c9a4648 100644
--- a/tools/model-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/model-generator/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.apex-pdp.tools</groupId>
         <artifactId>tools</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>model-generator</artifactId>
diff --git a/tools/pom.xml b/tools/pom.xml
index adc59f2..44bd94e 100644
--- a/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.apex-pdp</groupId>
         <artifactId>apex-pdp</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.onap.policy.apex-pdp.tools</groupId>
diff --git a/tools/simple-wsclient/pom.xml b/tools/simple-wsclient/pom.xml
index 7f9e80a..ac52f17 100644
--- a/tools/simple-wsclient/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/simple-wsclient/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.apex-pdp.tools</groupId>
         <artifactId>tools</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>simple-wsclient</artifactId>
diff --git a/tools/tools-common/pom.xml b/tools/tools-common/pom.xml
index b0dc92d..fa68b23 100644
--- a/tools/tools-common/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/tools-common/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.apex-pdp.tools</groupId>
         <artifactId>tools</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>tools-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 50c84cd..86a80a5 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # because they are used in Jenkins, whose plug-in doesn't support
 
 major=2
-minor=5
-patch=1
+minor=6
+patch=0
 
 base_version=${major}.${minor}.${patch}