diff --git a/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml b/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml
index ace1de3ac..4ab09b721 100644
--- a/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml
+++ b/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud.datastore</groupId>
   <artifactId>datastore-v1-proto-client</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
+  <version>2.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml
index e35337fe2..862f1ed6b 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore-bom:current} -->
+  <version>2.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore-bom:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+        <version>2.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.93.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+        <version>0.93.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml b/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
index 9bd06170b..16c194010 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+  <version>2.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Datastore</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore</url>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-datastore</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d45ea536e..445f72e04 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.2.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+  <version>2.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Datastore Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore</url>
   <description>
@@ -159,17 +159,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+        <version>2.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.93.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+        <version>0.93.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud.datastore</groupId>
         <artifactId>datastore-v1-proto-client</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
+        <version>2.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml
index bb210ef4c..3a23ec1f2 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.93.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+  <version>0.93.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 0911e8141..89be75003 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-datastore:2.2.8:2.2.8
-google-cloud-datastore-bom:2.2.8:2.2.8
-proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:0.93.8:0.93.8
-datastore-v1-proto-client:2.2.8:2.2.8
+google-cloud-datastore:2.2.8:2.2.9-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-datastore-bom:2.2.8:2.2.9-SNAPSHOT
+proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:0.93.8:0.93.9-SNAPSHOT
+datastore-v1-proto-client:2.2.8:2.2.9-SNAPSHOT