diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f5dd4957325dedb763ef386f973a73164510ea6..87ba9b686967184ed630fde74a89db3832794a0c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ For snapshots, add the following to your pom.xml file:
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.knowm.xchart</groupId>
       <artifactId>xchart</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>2.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bc3b120704c13dce159f2862a61dc50e648e7026..ccb912a0c64f35d695e6c8e33242eef6e48073fe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.knowm.xchart</groupId>
 	<artifactId>xchart-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>2.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>XChart Parent</name>
 	<description>XChart is a light weight Java library for plotting data.</description>