diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 040ea01..0e33110 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 Plexus-Xml
-============
+==========
 
 [![Build Status](https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-xml/actions/workflows/maven.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-xml/actions)
 [![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/org.codehaus.plexus/plexus-xml.svg?label=Maven%20Central&versionPrefix=3.)](https://search.maven.org/artifact/org.codehaus.plexus/plexus-xml)
 
 This library consists of XML classes (`org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml`) that have been extracted from [`plexus-utils`](https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils/) 3:
+
 > `plexus-utils` 3 = `plexus-utils` 4 + `plexus-xml` 3.
 
 For publishing [the site](https://codehaus-plexus.github.io/plexus-xml/) do the following:
@@ -12,3 +13,4 @@ For publishing [the site](https://codehaus-plexus.github.io/plexus-xml/) do the
 ```
 mvn -Preporting verify site site:stage scm-publish:publish-scm
 ```
+
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 10957b7..70846c7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ limitations under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
     <artifactId>plexus</artifactId>
-    <version>20</version>
+    <version>23</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
-  <version>3.0.2</version>
+  <version>3.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>Plexus XML Utilities</name>
   <description>A collection of various utility classes to ease working with XML in Maven 3.</description>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ limitations under the License.
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-xml.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>${project.scm.connection}</developerConnection>
-    <tag>plexus-xml-3.0.2</tag>
+    <tag>3.x</tag>
     <url>https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-xml/tree/${project.scm.tag}/</url>
   </scm>
   <issueManagement>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
   <properties>
     <jmhVersion>1.37</jmhVersion>
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2025-04-05T15:45:11Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2025-04-05T15:45:19Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>