diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c336809c..a6cf5625 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <!-- this is one of few Jackson modules that depends on parent and NOT jackson-bom -->
     <artifactId>jackson-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16-rc1</version>
+    <version>2.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>