diff --git a/google-http-client-android-test/pom.xml b/google-http-client-android-test/pom.xml
index e0e686dbd..4e8ba9246 100644
--- a/google-http-client-android-test/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-android-test/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>google-http-client</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-android-test</artifactId>
   <name>Test project for google-http-client-android.</name>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android-test:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android-test:current} -->
   <packaging>apk</packaging>
 
   <build>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-http-client-android</artifactId>
-      <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
+      <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <artifactId>android</artifactId>
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-http-client-test</artifactId>
-      <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
+      <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/google-http-client-android/pom.xml b/google-http-client-android/pom.xml
index 06820ccce..222357aef 100644
--- a/google-http-client-android/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-android/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-android</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
   <name>Android Platform Extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-apache-v2/pom.xml b/google-http-client-apache-v2/pom.xml
index eb5c83373..6721e64e7 100644
--- a/google-http-client-apache-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-apache-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-apache-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-apache-v2:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-apache-v2:current} -->
   <name>Apache HTTP transport v2 for the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-appengine/pom.xml b/google-http-client-appengine/pom.xml
index acf0dfdb5..e95102967 100644
--- a/google-http-client-appengine/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-appengine/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-appengine</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-appengine:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-appengine:current} -->
   <name>Google App Engine extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-assembly/pom.xml b/google-http-client-assembly/pom.xml
index 7c03aa82a..2dcf18198 100644
--- a/google-http-client-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-assembly</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-assembly:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-assembly:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Assembly for the Google HTTP Client Library for Java</name>
 
diff --git a/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml b/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml
index b13e89eb4..9a21d04d4 100644
--- a/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-bom:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-bom:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Google HTTP Client Library for Java BOM</name>
@@ -63,52 +63,52 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client:current} -->
+        <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-android</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
+        <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-apache-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-apache-v2:current} -->
+        <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-apache-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-appengine</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-appengine:current} -->
+        <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-appengine:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-findbugs</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-findbugs:current} -->
+        <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-findbugs:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-gson</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-gson:current} -->
+        <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-gson:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-jackson2</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-jackson2:current} -->
+        <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-jackson2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-protobuf</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-protobuf:current} -->
+        <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-protobuf:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-test</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
+        <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-xml</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-xml:current} -->
+        <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-xml:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-http-client-findbugs/pom.xml b/google-http-client-findbugs/pom.xml
index 7733619d6..c13a58c67 100644
--- a/google-http-client-findbugs/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-findbugs/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-findbugs</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-findbugs:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-findbugs:current} -->
   <name>Google APIs Client Library Findbugs custom plugin.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-gson/pom.xml b/google-http-client-gson/pom.xml
index 658a36773..8296c8732 100644
--- a/google-http-client-gson/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-gson/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-gson</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-gson:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-gson:current} -->
   <name>GSON extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-jackson2/pom.xml b/google-http-client-jackson2/pom.xml
index f8160f625..b0a15f312 100644
--- a/google-http-client-jackson2/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-jackson2/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-jackson2</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-jackson2:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-jackson2:current} -->
   <name>Jackson 2 extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-protobuf/pom.xml b/google-http-client-protobuf/pom.xml
index e5a1dbe6c..8b6bf3fc3 100644
--- a/google-http-client-protobuf/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-protobuf/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-protobuf</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-protobuf:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-protobuf:current} -->
   <name>Protocol Buffer extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-test/pom.xml b/google-http-client-test/pom.xml
index ff94ef724..4e3e880d6 100644
--- a/google-http-client-test/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-test/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-test</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
   <name>Shared classes used for testing of artifacts in the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-xml/pom.xml b/google-http-client-xml/pom.xml
index f9052874d..a55c2937f 100644
--- a/google-http-client-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-xml/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-xml</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-xml:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-xml:current} -->
   <name>XML extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client/pom.xml b/google-http-client/pom.xml
index c394333db..014a337d1 100644
--- a/google-http-client/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client:current} -->
   <name>Google HTTP Client Library for Java</name>
   <description>
     Google HTTP Client Library for Java. Functionality that works on all supported Java platforms,
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 458ab4ba3..b2cdf7ac8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Parent for the Google HTTP Client Library for Java</name>
   <description>Google HTTP Client Library for Java</description>
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@
       - google-api-java-client/google-api-client-assembly/android-properties (make the filenames match the version here)
       - Internally, update the default features.json file
     -->
-    <project.http-client.version>1.41.7</project.http-client.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <project.http-client.version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</project.http-client.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <project.appengine.version>1.9.96</project.appengine.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.jsr305.version>3.0.2</project.jsr305.version>
diff --git a/samples/dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample/pom.xml b/samples/dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample/pom.xml
index d8d700410..f9710ecee 100644
--- a/samples/dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample</artifactId>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index de91a3e38..e8042266f 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-http-client:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-bom:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-parent:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-android:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-android-test:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-apache-v2:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-appengine:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-assembly:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-findbugs:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-gson:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-jackson2:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-protobuf:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-test:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-xml:1.41.7:1.41.7
+google-http-client:1.41.7:1.41.8-SNAPSHOT
+google-http-client-bom:1.41.7:1.41.8-SNAPSHOT
+google-http-client-parent:1.41.7:1.41.8-SNAPSHOT
+google-http-client-android:1.41.7:1.41.8-SNAPSHOT
+google-http-client-android-test:1.41.7:1.41.8-SNAPSHOT
+google-http-client-apache-v2:1.41.7:1.41.8-SNAPSHOT
+google-http-client-appengine:1.41.7:1.41.8-SNAPSHOT
+google-http-client-assembly:1.41.7:1.41.8-SNAPSHOT
+google-http-client-findbugs:1.41.7:1.41.8-SNAPSHOT
+google-http-client-gson:1.41.7:1.41.8-SNAPSHOT
+google-http-client-jackson2:1.41.7:1.41.8-SNAPSHOT
+google-http-client-protobuf:1.41.7:1.41.8-SNAPSHOT
+google-http-client-test:1.41.7:1.41.8-SNAPSHOT
+google-http-client-xml:1.41.7:1.41.8-SNAPSHOT