diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 3c0752a..7b3f71b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@ jobs:
           event-type: utPLSQL-java-api-build
           client-payload: '{"api_version": "${{ steps.project_version.outputs.version }}"}'
 
+      - name: Trigger utPLSQL-maven-plugin snapshot build
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+        uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CLI_REPO_TOKEN }}
+          repository: utPLSQL/utPLSQL-maven-plugin
+          event-type: utPLSQL-java-api-build
+          client-payload: '{"api_version": "${{ steps.project_version.outputs.version }}"}'
+
       - name: Publish unit test results
         uses: EnricoMi/publish-unit-test-result-action@v2
         if: always()
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0a72eb9..19ea48f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@ on:
         description: 'Release version (e.g. 3.2.3)'
         required: true
       next_snapshot:
-        description: 'Next snapshot version (e.g. 3.2.4) without the "-SNAPSHOT" word'
-        required: true
+        description: 'Next development version (default: auto-increment patch,e.g. 3.2.4) without the "-SNAPSHOT" word'
+        required: false
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  id-token: write
+  attestations: write
 
 defaults:
   run:
@@ -75,8 +80,7 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-maven-
 
       - name: Set release version
-        run: |
-          mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=${{ inputs.release_version }} -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+        run: mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=${{ inputs.release_version }} -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
 
       - name: Build and test release
         run: mvn clean verify -Prelease
@@ -93,18 +97,21 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Commit and tag release version
         run: |
-          git add -u
-          git commit -m "chore(release): release ${{ inputs.release_version }} [skip ci]"
+          git add pom.xml
+          git commit -m "Release ${{ inputs.release_version }} [skip ci]"
           git tag -a "v${{ inputs.release_version }}" -m "Release ${{ inputs.release_version }}"
 
-      - name: Set next snapshot version
-        run: |
-          mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=${{ inputs.next_snapshot }}-SNAPSHOT -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
-
-      - name: Commit next snapshot version
+      - name: Calculate and set next development version
         run: |
-          git add -u
-          git commit -m "chore(release): bump to ${{ inputs.next_snapshot }}-SNAPSHOT [skip ci]"
+          if [[ -n "${{ inputs.next_snapshot }}" ]]; then
+            NEXT="${{ inputs.next_snapshot }}-SNAPSHOT"
+          else
+            IFS='.' read -r major minor patch <<< "${{ inputs.release_version }}"
+            NEXT="${major}.${minor}.$((patch + 1))-SNAPSHOT"
+          fi
+          mvn -B versions:set -DnewVersion="$NEXT" -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+          git add pom.xml
+          git commit -m "Prepare next development version $NEXT [skip ci]"
 
       - name: Push commits and tag
         run: |
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d3d5797..3e83c92 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [![latest-release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/utPLSQL/utPLSQL-java-api.svg)](https://github.com/utPLSQL/utPLSQL-java-api/releases)
 [![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/utPLSQL/utPLSQL-java-api.svg)](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
 [![Build status](https://github.com/utPLSQL/utPLSQL-java-api/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/utPLSQL/utPLSQL-java-api/actions/workflows/build.yml)
+[![Quality Gate Status](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=utPLSQL_utPLSQL-java-api&metric=alert_status)](https://sonarcloud.io/summary/new_code?id=utPLSQL_utPLSQL-java-api)
 
 # utPLSQL-java-api
 This is a collection of classes, that makes it easy to access the [utPLSQL v3](https://github.com/utPLSQL/utPLSQL/) database objects using Java.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ed72c84..fcb57e4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.utplsql</groupId>
     <artifactId>utplsql-java-api</artifactId>
-    <version>3.2.4</version>
+    <version>3.2.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <name>utPLSQL Java API</name>
     <description>Java API for running Unit Tests with utPLSQL v3+.</description>