diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index e6d4f6a0c..7551d80f0 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # POM
 GROUP = com.dropbox.core
-VERSION_NAME=8.0.0
+VERSION_NAME=8.1.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 POM_URL = https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java/
 POM_SCM_URL = https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java/