diff --git a/pdf/project.xml b/pdf/project.xml
index 8c971a83..6ab186b5 100644
--- a/pdf/project.xml
+++ b/pdf/project.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <extend>${basedir}/../plugin-parent/project.xml</extend>
   <artifactId>maven-pdf-plugin</artifactId>
   <name>Maven PDF Plug-in</name>
-  <currentVersion>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>2.4-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description>PDF Documentation generator</description>
   <shortDescription>Generator of project documentation in PDF Format.</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/pdf/</url>
diff --git a/pdf/xdocs/changes.xml b/pdf/xdocs/changes.xml
index c0d31cff..44b1a2d6 100644
--- a/pdf/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/pdf/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <author email="aheritier@apache.org">Arnaud Heritier</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
-    <release version="2.3.1-SNAPSHOT" date="In SVN">
+    <release version="2.4-SNAPSHOT" date="In SVN">
       <action dev="aheritier" type="fix" issue="MPPDF-43" due-to="Lukas Theussl">sub-/superscripts do not work.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="fix" issue="MPPDF-42" due-to="Lukas Theussl">Error when logo locations are not set.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="fix" issue="MPPDF-41" due-to="Lukas Theussl">Suppress verbose output by default.</action>
