diff --git a/integration/pom.xml b/integration/pom.xml
index 51a9dd29b..1af0c0703 100755
--- a/integration/pom.xml
+++ b/integration/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-alpha1</version>
+    <version>2.1.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/jcl-over-slf4j-blackbox/pom.xml b/jcl-over-slf4j-blackbox/pom.xml
index ea68e89cd..953afe585 100644
--- a/jcl-over-slf4j-blackbox/pom.xml
+++ b/jcl-over-slf4j-blackbox/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-alpha1</version>
+    <version>2.1.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index bd057df2b..82ced493e 100755
--- a/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-alpha1</version>
+    <version>2.1.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/jul-to-slf4j-blackbox/pom.xml b/jul-to-slf4j-blackbox/pom.xml
index 5186b78d5..84ec6dfb5 100644
--- a/jul-to-slf4j-blackbox/pom.xml
+++ b/jul-to-slf4j-blackbox/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-alpha1</version>
+    <version>2.1.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml b/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
index d63e6c8c8..967c438b1 100755
--- a/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-alpha1</version>
+    <version>2.1.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/log4j-over-slf4j-blackbox/pom.xml b/log4j-over-slf4j-blackbox/pom.xml
index b236bd5f9..ebe95704a 100644
--- a/log4j-over-slf4j-blackbox/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-over-slf4j-blackbox/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-alpha1</version>
+    <version>2.1.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index a191016fc..e502eb72c 100755
--- a/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-alpha1</version>
+    <version>2.1.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index c15c4ff1d..6bcdc626c 100755
--- a/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-alpha1</version>
+    <version>2.1.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index a3529ef3a..8a2a9f92c 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-bom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-alpha1</version>
+    <version>2.1.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <!-- yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z' -->
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-01-02T19:20:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-01-02T19:42:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     <latest.1.version>1.7.36</latest.1.version>
     <!-- java.util.ServiceLoader requires Java 6 -->
     <jdk.version>8</jdk.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a53310032..c5b3c8412 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
   <artifactId>slf4j-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.0-alpha1</version>
+  <version>2.1.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <url>http://www.slf4j.org</url>
diff --git a/slf4j-api/pom.xml b/slf4j-api/pom.xml
index 7effe21d1..131728a1a 100755
--- a/slf4j-api/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-api/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-alpha1</version>
+    <version>2.1.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/slf4j-ext/pom.xml b/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
index c071ff646..28a018a1f 100755
--- a/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-alpha1</version>
+    <version>2.1.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/slf4j-jdk-platform-logging/pom.xml b/slf4j-jdk-platform-logging/pom.xml
index f01e83a07..ac81709d1 100644
--- a/slf4j-jdk-platform-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-jdk-platform-logging/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-    <version>2.1.0-alpha1</version>
+    <version>2.1.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml b/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
index d4b0025fa..60ec93601 100755
--- a/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-alpha1</version>
+    <version>2.1.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml b/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
index e9d6b8bb9..b55404e02 100755
--- a/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-alpha1</version>
+    <version>2.1.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <relocation>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.0-alpha1</version>      
+      <version>2.1.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>      
     </relocation>
   </distributionManagement>
 
diff --git a/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml b/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
index 37958eb43..19f1e1184 100755
--- a/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-alpha1</version>
+    <version>2.1.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/slf4j-nop/pom.xml b/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
index a09b12e58..3718ec466 100755
--- a/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-alpha1</version>
+    <version>2.1.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/slf4j-reload4j/pom.xml b/slf4j-reload4j/pom.xml
index 9d887ea46..b72938172 100644
--- a/slf4j-reload4j/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-reload4j/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-alpha1</version>
+    <version>2.1.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/slf4j-simple/pom.xml b/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
index 036dd716a..2e1823890 100755
--- a/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-alpha1</version>
+    <version>2.1.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/slf4j-testing/pom.xml b/slf4j-testing/pom.xml
index 425d14c89..80d891348 100644
--- a/slf4j-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-testing/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-alpha1</version>
+    <version>2.1.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>