diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 0e5f876ec..9e1dd4889 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Paths
 
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "3.5.0-SNAPSHOT")
+        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "3.5.1-SNAPSHOT")
         buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "")
         isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
         version_tokens = opensearch_version.tokenize('-')