diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index 46b60abd..3628d3c8 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Cutting a Release
 
     ```
     sed -i "" \
-      "s/VERSION_NAME=.*/VERSION_NAME=$NEXT_VERSION/g" \
+      "s/releaseVersion=.*/releaseVersion=$NEXT_VERSION/g" \
       `find . -name "gradle.properties"`
     git commit -am "Prepare next development version."
     git push
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index d64c4231..878b2d13 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 
-releaseVersion=1.6.0
+releaseVersion=1.7.0-SNAPSHOT