diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0e41e8d..0ac401d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.onap.policy</groupId>
     <artifactId>clamp</artifactId>
-    <version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>6.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>policy-clamp</name>
 
 
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 5b81c71..70aaea8 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 # because they are used in Jenkins, whose plug-in doesn't support
 
 major=6
-minor=0
-patch=3
+minor=1
+patch=0
 
 base_version=${major}.${minor}.${patch}