diff --git a/bootstrapper-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/bootstrapper-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 93a253178f..9edf011170 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>5.3.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>bootstrapper</artifactId>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <maven-plugin-annotations.version>3.15.2</maven-plugin-annotations.version>
-    <maven-plugin-api.version>3.9.16</maven-plugin-api.version>
+    <maven-plugin-api.version>3.9.15</maven-plugin-api.version>
     <templating-maven-plugin.version>3.1.0</templating-maven-plugin.version>
     <maven-plugin-plugin.version>3.15.2</maven-plugin-plugin.version>
   </properties>
diff --git a/caffeine-bounded-cache-support/pom.xml b/caffeine-bounded-cache-support/pom.xml
index dc51e2b04f..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>5.3.5-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 6f40d73afe..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>5.3.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>micrometer-support</artifactId>
diff --git a/migration/pom.xml b/migration/pom.xml
index 182b81fc4c..5ceb39b6ca 100644
--- a/migration/pom.xml
+++ b/migration/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.5-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 b8ac4a4ccb..8bac943f16 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>5.3.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Operator SDK - Bill of Materials</name>
   <description>Java SDK for implementing Kubernetes operators</description>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.2.8</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
     <maven-source-plugin.version>3.4.0</maven-source-plugin.version>
     <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.12.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
-    <spotless.version>3.5.1</spotless.version>
+    <spotless.version>3.5.0</spotless.version>
     <central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>0.10.0</central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/pom.xml b/operator-framework-core/pom.xml
index 0f59f22eb8..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>5.3.5-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 bff312ebfd..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>5.3.5-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 8348d8dcf4..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>5.3.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>operator-framework</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 86736cf727..b47541e8ec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
   <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
   <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-  <version>5.3.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Operator SDK for Java</name>
   <description>Java SDK for implementing Kubernetes operators</description>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     <sonar.organization>java-operator-sdk</sonar.organization>
     <sonar.host.url>https://sonarcloud.io</sonar.host.url>
     <fabric8-httpclient-impl.name>jdk</fabric8-httpclient-impl.name>
-    <junit.version>6.1.0</junit.version>
+    <junit.version>6.0.3</junit.version>
     <fabric8-client.version>7.7.0</fabric8-client.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.18</slf4j.version>
     <log4j.version>2.26.0</log4j.version>
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     <caffeine.version>3.2.4</caffeine.version>
     <mustache.version>0.9.14</mustache.version>
     <commons.io.version>2.22.0</commons.io.version>
-    <java.diff.version>4.17</java.diff.version>
+    <java.diff.version>4.16</java.diff.version>
 
     <fmt-maven-plugin.version>2.11</fmt-maven-plugin.version>
     <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.15.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     <maven-install-plugin.version>3.1.4</maven-install-plugin.version>
     <git-commit-id-maven-plugin.version>10.0.0</git-commit-id-maven-plugin.version>
     <jib-maven-plugin.version>3.5.1</jib-maven-plugin.version>
-    <spotless.version>3.5.1</spotless.version>
+    <spotless.version>3.5.0</spotless.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/sample-operators/controller-namespace-deletion/pom.xml b/sample-operators/controller-namespace-deletion/pom.xml
index d43ac3cec4..af4be01972 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>5.3.5-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 2e18435af3..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>5.3.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>sample-leader-election</artifactId>
diff --git a/sample-operators/mysql-schema/pom.xml b/sample-operators/mysql-schema/pom.xml
index 45c85e4ef6..d2872c921a 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>5.3.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>sample-mysql-schema-operator</artifactId>
diff --git a/sample-operators/operations/pom.xml b/sample-operators/operations/pom.xml
index bbabcdbd8c..3dda5cac4c 100644
--- a/sample-operators/operations/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/operations/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sample-operators</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>sample-operations</artifactId>
@@ -106,11 +106,6 @@
           <to>
             <image>operations-operator</image>
           </to>
-          <container>
-            <jvmFlags>
-              <jvmFlag>-Dlog4j.configurationFile=/config/log4j2.xml</jvmFlag>
-            </jvmFlags>
-          </container>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/sample-operators/pom.xml b/sample-operators/pom.xml
index c042f11aea..9313095584 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>5.3.5-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 f6c7647098..ea964a2b07 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>5.3.5-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 0ae7c26fa4..d50e5ef03c 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>5.3.5-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 4cc11dd26b..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>5.3.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>test-index-processor</artifactId>