diff --git a/.island/release.bash b/.island/release.bash
index 3de4179..0e9709f 100755
--- a/.island/release.bash
+++ b/.island/release.bash
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+version_file="version.txt"
 
-mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=$(cat version.txt)
-
+# update the Maven version number
+mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=$(sed 's/dev/SNAPSHOT/g' $version_file)
+if grep -q "DEV" "$version_file"; then
+    # update all versions release of dependency
+    mvn versions:use-latest-releases
+    # update our manage dependency as snapshoot
+    mvn versions:use-latest-versions -Dincludes=kangaroo-and-rabbit
+else
+    # update our manage dependency as release (must be done before)
+    mvn versions:use-latest-releases -Dincludes=kangaroo-and-rabbit
+fi
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b4a2408..797ea75 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>kangaroo-and-rabbit</groupId>
 	<artifactId>archidata</artifactId>
-	<version>0.8.10</version>
+	<version>0.8.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<properties>
 		<maven.compiler.version>3.1</maven.compiler.version>
 		<maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index ef50561..54d65da 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.10
+0.8.11-dev