diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 196ef867364eedc36b5af3d4445df8037158394e..fd0f7cce32aee74b8ba491f5ef10e22a817be59a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.openolat</groupId>
 	<artifactId>openolat-lms</artifactId>
-	<version>12.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>12.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 	<name>OpenOLAT LMS</name>
 	<url>http://www.openolat.org</url>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/serviceconfig/olat.properties b/src/main/resources/serviceconfig/olat.properties
index f54e59c2ed28a73dfc538d7263c263103e5a8e4f..bed069f80caa11c373c39d234fe29c11cf6b26a7 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/serviceconfig/olat.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/serviceconfig/olat.properties
@@ -1156,8 +1156,8 @@ ldap.learningResourceManagerRoleValue=
 # Build properties
 #####
 application.name=OpenOLAT
-build.version=12.3.0
-build.identifier=openolat1230-dev
+build.version=12.4a
+build.identifier=openolat124a-dev
 build.repo.revision=local-devel
 
 #####
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/olat/test/ArquillianDeployments.java b/src/test/java/org/olat/test/ArquillianDeployments.java
index 0f68293ddca31b06aae7268925616354f1b63b3f..3d7e841df87086bf5b58daa175e08f58199f83f1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/olat/test/ArquillianDeployments.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/olat/test/ArquillianDeployments.java
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ public class ArquillianDeployments {
 	public static final String WEBINF    = "src/main/webapp/WEB-INF";
 	public static final String WEBINF_TOMCAT = "src/main/webapp-tomcat/WEB-INF";
 	public static final String TEST_RSRC = "src/test/resources";
-	public static final String LIB_DIR   = "target/openolat-lms-12.3-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/lib";
+	public static final String LIB_DIR   = "target/openolat-lms-12.4-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/lib";
 
 	public static WebArchive createDeployment() {
-		return createDeployment("openolat.war", new HashMap<String,String>());
+		return createDeployment("openolat.war", new HashMap<>());
 	}
 	
 	public static WebArchive createDeployment(Map<String,String> overrideProperties) {