diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7e5db7312..bc6386f72 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.uid2</groupId>
     <artifactId>uid2-operator</artifactId>
-    <version>5.45.8</version>
+    <version>5.45.9-alpha-176-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>