diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ae85d95ea6..61670c2c85 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
-  <version>4.5.0-M3</version>
+  <version>4.5.0-M4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>Apache Commons Collections</name>
   <inceptionYear>2001</inceptionYear>
   <description>The Apache Commons Collections package contains types that extend and augment the Java Collections Framework.</description>
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     <!--Commons Release Plugin -->
     <commons.bc.version>4.4</commons.bc.version>
     <commons.release.isDistModule>true</commons.release.isDistModule>
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-12-15T15:19:28Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-12-18T21:13:07Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     <!-- JaCoCo: Don't make code coverage worse than: -->
     <commons.jacoco.haltOnFailure>true</commons.jacoco.haltOnFailure>
     <commons.jacoco.classRatio>0.96</commons.jacoco.classRatio>