diff --git a/bootstrapper-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/bootstrapper-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index c3039ba51b..c56091f0af 100644
--- a/bootstrapper-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/bootstrapper-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>bootstrapper</artifactId>
diff --git a/caffeine-bounded-cache-support/pom.xml b/caffeine-bounded-cache-support/pom.xml
index 873173cd92..be70ab9a2e 100644
--- a/caffeine-bounded-cache-support/pom.xml
+++ b/caffeine-bounded-cache-support/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>caffeine-bounded-cache-support</artifactId>
diff --git a/micrometer-support/pom.xml b/micrometer-support/pom.xml
index 8437197c5a..ae3c4d0be1 100644
--- a/micrometer-support/pom.xml
+++ b/micrometer-support/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>micrometer-support</artifactId>
diff --git a/migration/pom.xml b/migration/pom.xml
index 8bc6372112..51496e4110 100644
--- a/migration/pom.xml
+++ b/migration/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>migration</artifactId>
diff --git a/operator-framework-bom/pom.xml b/operator-framework-bom/pom.xml
index 4627e79210..7068fb4987 100644
--- a/operator-framework-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/operator-framework-bom/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
   <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
   <artifactId>operator-framework-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Operator SDK - Bill of Materials</name>
   <description>Java SDK for implementing Kubernetes operators</description>
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/pom.xml b/operator-framework-core/pom.xml
index 8fb28c8d73..2356433ca9 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/pom.xml
+++ b/operator-framework-core/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/operator-framework-junit/pom.xml b/operator-framework-junit/pom.xml
index e43c38e534..aa18d5c778 100644
--- a/operator-framework-junit/pom.xml
+++ b/operator-framework-junit/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>operator-framework-junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/operator-framework/pom.xml b/operator-framework/pom.xml
index 90fc061b0f..f94dfa757d 100644
--- a/operator-framework/pom.xml
+++ b/operator-framework/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>operator-framework</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c8e2a184b7..670fc3639d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
   <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
   <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-  <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Operator SDK for Java</name>
   <description>Java SDK for implementing Kubernetes operators</description>
diff --git a/sample-operators/controller-namespace-deletion/pom.xml b/sample-operators/controller-namespace-deletion/pom.xml
index 53e8049131..4cdfe1f2bd 100644
--- a/sample-operators/controller-namespace-deletion/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/controller-namespace-deletion/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sample-operators</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>sample-controller-namespace-deletion</artifactId>
diff --git a/sample-operators/leader-election/pom.xml b/sample-operators/leader-election/pom.xml
index e1df94fa1e..4f896485d1 100644
--- a/sample-operators/leader-election/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/leader-election/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sample-operators</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>sample-leader-election</artifactId>
diff --git a/sample-operators/metrics-processing/pom.xml b/sample-operators/metrics-processing/pom.xml
index c67f623e33..0476ea927d 100644
--- a/sample-operators/metrics-processing/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/metrics-processing/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sample-operators</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>sample-metrics-processing</artifactId>
@@ -101,11 +101,6 @@
           <to>
             <image>metrics-processing-operator</image>
           </to>
-          <container>
-            <jvmFlags>
-              <jvmFlag>-Dlog4j.configurationFile=/config/log4j2.xml</jvmFlag>
-            </jvmFlags>
-          </container>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/sample-operators/mysql-schema/pom.xml b/sample-operators/mysql-schema/pom.xml
index a1637dc9ef..2055a9933d 100644
--- a/sample-operators/mysql-schema/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/mysql-schema/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sample-operators</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>sample-mysql-schema-operator</artifactId>
diff --git a/sample-operators/pom.xml b/sample-operators/pom.xml
index 25a745012c..c8a70b2701 100644
--- a/sample-operators/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>sample-operators</artifactId>
diff --git a/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/pom.xml b/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/pom.xml
index 094de45858..b7c3b05c98 100644
--- a/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sample-operators</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>sample-tomcat-operator</artifactId>
diff --git a/sample-operators/webpage/pom.xml b/sample-operators/webpage/pom.xml
index b433d42252..c50366e37e 100644
--- a/sample-operators/webpage/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/webpage/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sample-operators</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>sample-webpage-operator</artifactId>
diff --git a/test-index-processor/pom.xml b/test-index-processor/pom.xml
index 51e15247ff..2ae7c5f454 100644
--- a/test-index-processor/pom.xml
+++ b/test-index-processor/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>test-index-processor</artifactId>