diff --git a/biojava-aa-prop/pom.xml b/biojava-aa-prop/pom.xml
index 3e1148e9a9..a49f735dcf 100644
--- a/biojava-aa-prop/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-aa-prop/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
-		<version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>biojava-aa-prop</artifactId>
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-core</artifactId>
-			<version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-structure</artifactId>
-			<version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- logging dependencies (managed by parent pom, don't set versions or scopes here) -->
diff --git a/biojava-alignment/pom.xml b/biojava-alignment/pom.xml
index 193abba94a..001d5f939d 100644
--- a/biojava-alignment/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-alignment/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
-		<version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>biojava-alignment</artifactId>
 	<name>biojava-alignment</name>
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-core</artifactId>
-			<version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/biojava-core/pom.xml b/biojava-core/pom.xml
index 336c35486d..8106a6fe70 100644
--- a/biojava-core/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-core/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
-		<version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>biojava-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/biojava-genome/pom.xml b/biojava-genome/pom.xml
index aa1f0f578e..ee6905b9bc 100644
--- a/biojava-genome/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-genome/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
-		<version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>biojava-genome</artifactId>
@@ -85,13 +85,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-core</artifactId>
-			<version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-alignment</artifactId>
-			<version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/biojava-integrationtest/pom.xml b/biojava-integrationtest/pom.xml
index 05db6cf131..6cf82d073a 100644
--- a/biojava-integrationtest/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-integrationtest/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
-    <version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>biojava-integrationtest</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
     	<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
     	<artifactId>biojava-structure</artifactId>
-    	<version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 		<!-- logging dependencies (managed by parent pom, don't set versions or scopes here) -->
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/biojava-modfinder/pom.xml b/biojava-modfinder/pom.xml
index 7c4251cda5..972d44f58a 100644
--- a/biojava-modfinder/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-modfinder/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
-    <version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>biojava-modfinder</artifactId>
   <name>biojava-modfinder</name>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <dependency>
     	<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
     	<artifactId>biojava-structure</artifactId>
-    	<version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     	<type>jar</type>
     	<scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/biojava-ontology/pom.xml b/biojava-ontology/pom.xml
index fcf5b5e34f..5cd9beb475 100644
--- a/biojava-ontology/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-ontology/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
     <artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>biojava-ontology</artifactId>
diff --git a/biojava-protein-disorder/pom.xml b/biojava-protein-disorder/pom.xml
index 3307d8130c..d26261f9a3 100644
--- a/biojava-protein-disorder/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-protein-disorder/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
-		<version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>biojava-protein-disorder</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-core</artifactId>
-			<version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- logging dependencies (managed by parent pom, don't set versions or 
 			scopes here) -->
diff --git a/biojava-structure-gui/pom.xml b/biojava-structure-gui/pom.xml
index 490b31b1d2..252e9edbfa 100644
--- a/biojava-structure-gui/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-structure-gui/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
-		<version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>biojava-structure-gui</artifactId>
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
             <artifactId>biojava-structure</artifactId>
-			<version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
             <artifactId>biojava-core</artifactId>
-			<version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/biojava-structure/pom.xml b/biojava-structure/pom.xml
index da120da772..f7467281eb 100644
--- a/biojava-structure/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-structure/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
-		<version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>biojava-structure</artifactId>
 	<name>biojava-structure</name>
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-alignment</artifactId>
-			<version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-core</artifactId>
-			<version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
diff --git a/biojava-survival/pom.xml b/biojava-survival/pom.xml
index 7ea9ba5a20..623f25fa50 100644
--- a/biojava-survival/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-survival/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
         <artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
-        <version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>biojava-survival</artifactId>
diff --git a/biojava-ws/pom.xml b/biojava-ws/pom.xml
index 9dd4cd10e6..6822e44b7b 100644
--- a/biojava-ws/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-ws/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
-		<version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>	
 	<artifactId>biojava-ws</artifactId>
 	<name>biojava-ws</name>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-core</artifactId>
-			<version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 511ac005e9..672637fca7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 	<artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
-	<version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>biojava</name>
 	<description>BioJava is an open-source project dedicated to providing a Java framework for processing biological
         data. It provides analytical and statistical routines, parsers for common file formats and allows the