diff --git a/etc/as-pom.xml b/etc/as-pom.xml
index eae0ca583..94c586f9c 100644
--- a/etc/as-pom.xml
+++ b/etc/as-pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.threerings</groupId>
   <artifactId>naryalib</artifactId>
   <packaging>swc</packaging>
-  <version>1.8</version>
+  <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>narya</name>
   <description>Facilities for making networked multiplayer games.</description>
   <url>http://code.google.com/p/narya/</url>
diff --git a/etc/gwt-pom.xml b/etc/gwt-pom.xml
index d28b5dcc1..d7b5acc6a 100644
--- a/etc/gwt-pom.xml
+++ b/etc/gwt-pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.threerings</groupId>
   <artifactId>narya-gwt</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.8</version>
+  <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>narya-gwt</name>
   <description>Source for classes that work with GWT.</description>
 
diff --git a/etc/tools-pom.xml b/etc/tools-pom.xml
index 822e24209..48c4345ec 100644
--- a/etc/tools-pom.xml
+++ b/etc/tools-pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.threerings</groupId>
   <artifactId>narya-tools</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.8</version>
+  <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>narya-tools</name>
   <description>Narya with dependencies configured for its tools.</description>