diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 2bb3911dd..d98de7e40 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -536,7 +536,8 @@ workflows:
           matrix:
             parameters:
               args:
-                - '-Dadb.jackson.version=2.18.2'
+                - '-Dadb.jackson.version=2.19.0'
+                - '-Dadb.jackson.version=2.18.3'
                 - '-Dadb.jackson.version=2.17.3'
                 - '-Dadb.jackson.version=2.16.2'
                 - '-Dadb.jackson.version=2.15.4'
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 59ec6734e..079c27522 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         <relativePath>../release-parent</relativePath>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>release-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.19.0</version>
+        <version>7.20.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>core</name>
diff --git a/driver/pom.xml b/driver/pom.xml
index f7a2c181c..03d987735 100644
--- a/driver/pom.xml
+++ b/driver/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         <relativePath>../release-parent</relativePath>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>release-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.19.0</version>
+        <version>7.20.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>arangodb-java-driver</name>
diff --git a/http-protocol/pom.xml b/http-protocol/pom.xml
index 76d0b5ba8..74442ccd9 100644
--- a/http-protocol/pom.xml
+++ b/http-protocol/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         <relativePath>../release-parent</relativePath>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>release-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.19.0</version>
+        <version>7.20.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>http-protocol</name>
diff --git a/jackson-serde-json/pom.xml b/jackson-serde-json/pom.xml
index a435674c2..c663d920d 100644
--- a/jackson-serde-json/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-serde-json/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         <relativePath>../release-parent</relativePath>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>release-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.19.0</version>
+        <version>7.20.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>jackson-serde-json</name>
diff --git a/jackson-serde-vpack/pom.xml b/jackson-serde-vpack/pom.xml
index 6e077be36..db0311aec 100644
--- a/jackson-serde-vpack/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-serde-vpack/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         <relativePath>../release-parent</relativePath>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>release-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.19.0</version>
+        <version>7.20.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>jackson-serde-vpack</name>
diff --git a/jsonb-serde/pom.xml b/jsonb-serde/pom.xml
index 9923dbcf3..773160818 100644
--- a/jsonb-serde/pom.xml
+++ b/jsonb-serde/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         <relativePath>../release-parent</relativePath>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>release-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.19.0</version>
+        <version>7.20.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>jsonb-serde</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0aa0fff95..e19c39f75 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
     <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>7.19.0</version>
+    <version>7.20.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <inceptionYear>2016</inceptionYear>
     <modules>
         <module>release-parent</module>
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>2.18.2</version>
+                <version>2.19.0</version>
                 <scope>import</scope>
                 <type>pom</type>
             </dependency>
diff --git a/release-parent/pom.xml b/release-parent/pom.xml
index 0bb861fa0..6daa19a9b 100644
--- a/release-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/release-parent/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.19.0</version>
+        <version>7.20.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
diff --git a/shaded/pom.xml b/shaded/pom.xml
index 7af61af37..a5ed67bfa 100644
--- a/shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/shaded/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         <relativePath>../release-parent</relativePath>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>release-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.19.0</version>
+        <version>7.20.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>arangodb-java-driver-shaded</name>
diff --git a/test-functional/pom.xml b/test-functional/pom.xml
index b88b936e0..b622bf2d0 100644
--- a/test-functional/pom.xml
+++ b/test-functional/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         <relativePath>../test-parent</relativePath>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>test-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.19.0</version>
+        <version>7.20.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>test-functional</artifactId>
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
                 <dependency>
                     <groupId>io.qameta.allure</groupId>
                     <artifactId>allure-junit5</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.29.0</version>
+                    <version>2.29.1</version>
                     <scope>test</scope>
                 </dependency>
             </dependencies>
diff --git a/test-functional/src/test/java/com/arangodb/UserAgentTest.java b/test-functional/src/test/java/com/arangodb/UserAgentTest.java
index 5f56d59b4..815a2da0d 100644
--- a/test-functional/src/test/java/com/arangodb/UserAgentTest.java
+++ b/test-functional/src/test/java/com/arangodb/UserAgentTest.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 class UserAgentTest extends BaseJunit5 {
 
-    private static final String EXPECTED_VERSION = "7.19.0";
+    private static final String EXPECTED_VERSION = "7.20.0-SNAPSHOT";
 
     private static final boolean SHADED = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("shaded"));
 
diff --git a/test-functional/src/test/resources/allure.properties b/test-functional/src/test/resources/allure.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80b02dde9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-functional/src/test/resources/allure.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+allure.results.directory=target/allure-results
diff --git a/test-non-functional/pom.xml b/test-non-functional/pom.xml
index d842f3732..8fc7919e9 100644
--- a/test-non-functional/pom.xml
+++ b/test-non-functional/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         <relativePath>../test-parent</relativePath>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>test-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.19.0</version>
+        <version>7.20.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>test-non-functional</artifactId>
diff --git a/test-parent/pom.xml b/test-parent/pom.xml
index 09568371d..9fd5c885c 100644
--- a/test-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/test-parent/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.19.0</version>
+        <version>7.20.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <maven.build.cache.enabled>false</maven.build.cache.enabled>
-        <adb.jackson.version>2.18.0</adb.jackson.version>
+        <adb.jackson.version>2.19.0</adb.jackson.version>
         <sonar.skip>true</sonar.skip>
         <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
         <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
diff --git a/test-perf/pom.xml b/test-perf/pom.xml
index a10f0d30c..4e95e86f7 100644
--- a/test-perf/pom.xml
+++ b/test-perf/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         <relativePath>../test-parent</relativePath>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>test-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.19.0</version>
+        <version>7.20.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>test-perf</artifactId>
diff --git a/test-resilience/pom.xml b/test-resilience/pom.xml
index e278b6319..5f5e18dac 100644
--- a/test-resilience/pom.xml
+++ b/test-resilience/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         <relativePath>../test-parent</relativePath>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>test-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.19.0</version>
+        <version>7.20.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/tutorial/gradle/build.gradle b/tutorial/gradle/build.gradle
index b7abd1bc9..9296bd593 100644
--- a/tutorial/gradle/build.gradle
+++ b/tutorial/gradle/build.gradle
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'com.arangodb:arangodb-java-driver:7.19.0'
+    implementation 'com.arangodb:arangodb-java-driver:7.20.0-SNAPSHOT'
 }
 
 ext {
diff --git a/tutorial/maven/pom.xml b/tutorial/maven/pom.xml
index 845cdd7a1..19bc269ac 100644
--- a/tutorial/maven/pom.xml
+++ b/tutorial/maven/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
             <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver</artifactId>
-            <version>7.19.0</version>
+            <version>7.20.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/vst-protocol/pom.xml b/vst-protocol/pom.xml
index 342dd8889..9f44f12bf 100644
--- a/vst-protocol/pom.xml
+++ b/vst-protocol/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         <relativePath>../release-parent</relativePath>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>release-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.19.0</version>
+        <version>7.20.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>vst-protocol</name>