diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e0e61127a..a5bc06151 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import org.opensearch.gradle.testclusters.OpenSearchCluster
 
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "3.6.0-SNAPSHOT")
+        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "3.7.0-SNAPSHOT")
         isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
         buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "")
         version_tokens = opensearch_version.tokenize('-')