diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/liberty-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index d3665fbbd..4ed5279a9 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.openliberty.tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>ci.common</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.27</version>
+            <version>1.8.28-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.twdata.maven</groupId>