diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 60d06b18e..6d5619427 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -29,28 +29,28 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Assemble anomaly-detection
         run: |
-          ./gradlew assemble -Dopensearch.version=1.3.4-SNAPSHOT
-          echo "Creating ./src/test/resources/org/opensearch/ad/bwc/anomaly-detection/1.3.4.0-SNAPSHOT ..."
-          mkdir -p ./src/test/resources/org/opensearch/ad/bwc/anomaly-detection/1.3.4.0-SNAPSHOT
-          echo "Copying ./build/distributions/*.zip to ./src/test/resources/org/opensearch/ad/bwc/anomaly-detection/1.3.4.0-SNAPSHOT ..."
+          ./gradlew assemble -Dopensearch.version=1.3.5-SNAPSHOT
+          echo "Creating ./src/test/resources/org/opensearch/ad/bwc/anomaly-detection/1.3.5.0-SNAPSHOT ..."
+          mkdir -p ./src/test/resources/org/opensearch/ad/bwc/anomaly-detection/1.3.5.0-SNAPSHOT
+          echo "Copying ./build/distributions/*.zip to ./src/test/resources/org/opensearch/ad/bwc/anomaly-detection/1.3.5.0-SNAPSHOT ..."
           ls ./build/distributions/
-          cp ./build/distributions/*.zip ./src/test/resources/org/opensearch/ad/bwc/anomaly-detection/1.3.4.0-SNAPSHOT
-          echo "Copied ./build/distributions/*.zip to ./src/test/resources/org/opensearch/ad/bwc/anomaly-detection/1.3.4.0-SNAPSHOT ..."
-          ls ./src/test/resources/org/opensearch/ad/bwc/anomaly-detection/1.3.4.0-SNAPSHOT
+          cp ./build/distributions/*.zip ./src/test/resources/org/opensearch/ad/bwc/anomaly-detection/1.3.5.0-SNAPSHOT
+          echo "Copied ./build/distributions/*.zip to ./src/test/resources/org/opensearch/ad/bwc/anomaly-detection/1.3.5.0-SNAPSHOT ..."
+          ls ./src/test/resources/org/opensearch/ad/bwc/anomaly-detection/1.3.5.0-SNAPSHOT
       - name: Build and Run Tests
         run: |
-          ./gradlew build -Dopensearch.version=1.3.4-SNAPSHOT
+          ./gradlew build -Dopensearch.version=1.3.5-SNAPSHOT
       - name: Publish to Maven Local
         run: |
-          ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal -Dopensearch.version=1.3.4-SNAPSHOT
+          ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal -Dopensearch.version=1.3.5-SNAPSHOT
       - name: Multi Nodes Integration Testing
         run: |
           ./gradlew integTest -PnumNodes=3
       - name: Pull and Run Docker
         run: |
           plugin=`ls build/distributions/*.zip`
-          version=1.3.4
-          plugin_version=1.3.4.0-SNAPSHOT
+          version=1.3.5
+          plugin_version=1.3.5.0-SNAPSHOT
           echo Using OpenSearch $version with AD $plugin_version
           cd ..
           if docker pull opensearchstaging/opensearch:$version
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7832b7d40..33265ae0b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildscript {
     ext {
         opensearch_group = "org.opensearch"
         isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
-        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "1.3.4-SNAPSHOT")
+        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "1.3.5-SNAPSHOT")
         if (isSnapshot) {
             plugin_version = opensearch_version.substring(0, opensearch_version.indexOf("-"))
         } else {
@@ -758,3 +758,20 @@ validateNebulaPom.enabled = false
 tasks.withType(licenseHeaders.class) {
     additionalLicense 'AL   ', 'Apache', 'Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")'
 }
+
+// updateVersion: Task to auto increment to the next development iteration
+task updateVersion {
+    onlyIf { System.getProperty('newVersion') }
+    doLast {
+        ext.newVersion = System.getProperty('newVersion')
+        println "Setting version to ${newVersion}."
+        // String tokenization to support -SNAPSHOT
+        ant.replaceregexp(match: opensearch_version.tokenize('-')[0], replace: newVersion.tokenize('-')[0], flags:'g', byline:true) {
+            fileset(dir: projectDir) {
+                // Include the required files that needs to be updated with new Version
+                include(name: ".github/workflows/CI.yml")
+            }
+        }
+        ant.replaceregexp(file:'build.gradle', match: '"opensearch.version", "\\d.*"', replace: '"opensearch.version", "' + newVersion.tokenize('-')[0] + '-SNAPSHOT"', flags:'g', byline:true)
+    }
+}