diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index afb6ad280c6..90fd5be6fb8 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.google.genai.examples</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-genai-examples</artifactId>
-  <version>1.71.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-genai:current} -->
+  <version>1.72.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-genai:current} -->
   <name>google-genai-examples</name>
 
   <properties>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <!-- {x-version-update-start:google-genai:current} -->
-    <google-genai.version>1.71.0</google-genai.version>
+    <google-genai.version>1.72.0-SNAPSHOT</google-genai.version>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
   </properties>
   <build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e6b713ac4e6..21109c649e7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.genai</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-genai</artifactId>
   <name>google-genai</name>
-  <version>1.71.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-genai:current} -->
+  <version>1.72.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-genai:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <description>
     Java idiomatic SDK for the Gemini Developer APIs and Vertex AI APIs.
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index f9f9998ab78..82b99ac4c8f 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-genai:1.71.0:1.71.0
\ No newline at end of file
+google-genai:1.71.0:1.72.0-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file