diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f9633df108..81923e0694 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     </dependencyManagement>
 
     <properties>
-        <carbon.kernel.version>4.2.0</carbon.kernel.version>
+        <carbon.kernel.version>4.3.0-SNAPSHOT</carbon.kernel.version>
         <carbon.p2.plugin.version>1.5.4</carbon.p2.plugin.version>
         <maven-buildnumber-plugin.version>1.3</maven-buildnumber-plugin.version>
         <axis2.osgi.version.range>[1.6.1.wso2v11, 1.7.0)</axis2.osgi.version.range>