diff --git a/slf4j-android/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java b/slf4j-android/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
index de74d1f0..89d4addc 100644
--- a/slf4j-android/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
+++ b/slf4j-android/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class StaticLoggerBinder implements LoggerFactoryBinder {
      * The value of this field is modified with each major release. 
      */
     // to avoid constant folding by the compiler, this field must *not* be final
-    public static String REQUESTED_API_VERSION = "1.7.x"; // !final
+    public static String REQUESTED_API_VERSION = "1.6.99"; // !final
 
 
 
diff --git a/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java b/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
index c60018cc..55d54813 100644
--- a/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
+++ b/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class StaticLoggerBinder {
      * The value of this field is modified with each major release. 
      */
     // to avoid constant folding by the compiler, this field must *not* be final
-    public static String REQUESTED_API_VERSION = "1.7.x"; // !final
+    public static String REQUESTED_API_VERSION = "1.6.99"; // !final
 
     private StaticLoggerBinder() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This code should have never made it into slf4j-api.jar");
diff --git a/slf4j-jcl/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java b/slf4j-jcl/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
index 011a9437..84074cad 100644
--- a/slf4j-jcl/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
+++ b/slf4j-jcl/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class StaticLoggerBinder implements LoggerFactoryBinder {
      * The value of this field is modified with each major release. 
      */
     // to avoid constant folding by the compiler, this field must *not* be final
-    public static String REQUESTED_API_VERSION = "1.7.x"; // !final
+    public static String REQUESTED_API_VERSION = "1.6.99"; // !final
 
     
     // Binding specific code:
diff --git a/slf4j-jdk14/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java b/slf4j-jdk14/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
index c7375cd1..74c18936 100644
--- a/slf4j-jdk14/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
+++ b/slf4j-jdk14/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class StaticLoggerBinder implements LoggerFactoryBinder {
      * The value of this field is modified with each major release. 
      */
     // to avoid constant folding by the compiler, this field must *not* be final
-    public static String REQUESTED_API_VERSION = "1.7.x"; // !final
+    public static String REQUESTED_API_VERSION = "1.6.99"; // !final
 
     private static final String loggerFactoryClassStr = org.slf4j.impl.JDK14LoggerFactory.class.getName();
 
diff --git a/slf4j-log4j12/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java b/slf4j-log4j12/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
index a14ca119..2ed8c6ef 100644
--- a/slf4j-log4j12/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
+++ b/slf4j-log4j12/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class StaticLoggerBinder implements LoggerFactoryBinder {
      * The value of this field is modified with each major release. 
      */
     // to avoid constant folding by the compiler, this field must *not* be final
-    public static String REQUESTED_API_VERSION = "1.7.x"; // !final
+    public static String REQUESTED_API_VERSION = "1.6.99"; // !final
 
     private static final String loggerFactoryClassStr = Log4jLoggerFactory.class.getName();
 
diff --git a/slf4j-nop/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java b/slf4j-nop/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
index 90b13c7f..35fc464d 100644
--- a/slf4j-nop/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
+++ b/slf4j-nop/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class StaticLoggerBinder implements LoggerFactoryBinder {
      * The value of this field is modified with each major release. 
      */
     // to avoid constant folding by the compiler, this field must *not* be final
-    public static String REQUESTED_API_VERSION = "1.7.x"; // !final
+    public static String REQUESTED_API_VERSION = "1.6.99"; // !final
 
     private static final String loggerFactoryClassStr = NOPLoggerFactory.class.getName();
 
diff --git a/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java b/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
index e3859f34..23b6c874 100644
--- a/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
+++ b/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class StaticLoggerBinder implements LoggerFactoryBinder {
      * The value of this field is modified with each major release. 
      */
     // to avoid constant folding by the compiler, this field must *not* be final
-    public static String REQUESTED_API_VERSION = "1.7.x"; // !final
+    public static String REQUESTED_API_VERSION = "1.6.99"; // !final
 
     private static final String loggerFactoryClassStr = SimpleLoggerFactory.class.getName();