diff --git a/integration/pom.xml b/integration/pom.xml
index 99a2d5157..19b46b1bd 100755
--- a/integration/pom.xml
+++ b/integration/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.2</version>
+    <version>2.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>integration</artifactId>
diff --git a/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index 075244619..09613896e 100755
--- a/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.2</version>
+    <version>2.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml b/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
index 90274ef11..56dc25dc1 100755
--- a/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.2</version>
+    <version>2.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index 6d02c0644..5b6e3a495 100755
--- a/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.2</version>
+    <version>2.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
 
diff --git a/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index 83487d180..be769fd5a 100755
--- a/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.2</version>
+    <version>2.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>osgi-over-slf4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ec5c41aae..1aa17edc7 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
   <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.2</version>
+  <version>2.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>SLF4J</name>
diff --git a/slf4j-api/pom.xml b/slf4j-api/pom.xml
index 9d73ae0e1..724c308b1 100755
--- a/slf4j-api/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-api/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.2</version>
+    <version>2.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/helpers/AbstractLogger.java b/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/helpers/AbstractLogger.java
index ee4afc49e..0caaf8103 100644
--- a/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/helpers/AbstractLogger.java
+++ b/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/helpers/AbstractLogger.java
@@ -407,17 +407,17 @@ private void handleArgArrayCall(Level level, Marker marker, String msg, Object[]
     abstract protected String getFullyQualifiedCallerName();
 
     /**
-     * Given various arguments passed as parameters perform actual logging. 
+     * Given various arguments passed as parameters, perform actual logging.
      * 
      * <p>This method assumes that the separation of the args array into actual
      * objects and a throwable has been already operated.
      * 
-     * @param level
-     * @param marker
-     * @param msg
-     * @param arguments
-     * @param throwable
+     * @param level the SLF4J level for this event
+     * @param marker  The marker to be used for this event, may be null.
+     * @param messagePattern The message pattern which will be parsed and formatted
+     * @param arguments  the array of arguments to be formatted, may be null
+     * @param throwable  The exception whose stack trace should be logged, may be null
      */
-    abstract protected void handleNormalizedLoggingCall(Level level, Marker marker, String msg, Object[] arguments, Throwable throwable);
+    abstract protected void handleNormalizedLoggingCall(Level level, Marker marker, String messagePattern, Object[] arguments, Throwable throwable);
 
 }
diff --git a/slf4j-ext/pom.xml b/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
index 1dc9cbdc8..f1d8b74a9 100755
--- a/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.2</version>
+    <version>2.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-ext</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-jdk-platform-logging/pom.xml b/slf4j-jdk-platform-logging/pom.xml
index 7ebda6e19..31a64c223 100644
--- a/slf4j-jdk-platform-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-jdk-platform-logging/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.2</version>
+    <version>2.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-jdk-platform-logging</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml b/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
index f736f0aa3..bb6241743 100755
--- a/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.2</version>
+    <version>2.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml b/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
index 19ce2e40d..885cb36c2 100755
--- a/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.2</version>
+    <version>2.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml b/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
index 0f66864f5..c43a7b9e2 100755
--- a/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.2</version>
+    <version>2.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-migrator</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-nop/pom.xml b/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
index 120c87eae..a5cba7336 100755
--- a/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.2</version>
+    <version>2.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-nop</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-reload4j/pom.xml b/slf4j-reload4j/pom.xml
index 8d8a809a4..a15e6fa1b 100644
--- a/slf4j-reload4j/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-reload4j/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.2</version>
+    <version>2.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-simple/pom.xml b/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
index b99cc7994..7d85dd5f4 100755
--- a/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.2</version>
+    <version>2.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/simple/SimpleLogger.java b/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/simple/SimpleLogger.java
index 2046c542c..93638ee82 100644
--- a/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/simple/SimpleLogger.java
+++ b/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/simple/SimpleLogger.java
@@ -354,17 +354,18 @@ public boolean isErrorEnabled() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * This is our internal implementation for logging regular (non-parameterized)
-     * log messages.
+     * SimpleLogger's implementation of
+     * {@link org.slf4j.helpers.AbstractLogger#handleNormalizedLoggingCall(Level, Marker, String, Object[], Throwable) AbstractLogger#handleNormalizedLoggingCall}
+     * }
      *
-     * @param level          One of the LOG_LEVEL_XXX constants defining the log level
-     * @param marker         The marker to be used for this event, may be null.
+     * @param level the SLF4J level for this event
+     * @param marker  The marker to be used for this event, may be null.
      * @param messagePattern The message pattern which will be parsed and formatted
-     * @param arguments      The array of arguments
-     * @param t              The exception whose stack trace should be logged
+     * @param arguments  the array of arguments to be formatted, may be null
+     * @param throwable  The exception whose stack trace should be logged, may be null
      */
     @Override
-    protected void handleNormalizedLoggingCall(Level level, Marker marker, String messagePattern, Object[] arguments, Throwable t) {
+    protected void handleNormalizedLoggingCall(Level level, Marker marker, String messagePattern, Object[] arguments, Throwable throwable) {
 
         List<Marker> markers = null;
 
@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@ protected void handleNormalizedLoggingCall(Level level, Marker marker, String me
             markers.add(marker);
         }
 
-        innerHandleNormalizedLoggingCall(level, markers, messagePattern, arguments, t);
+        innerHandleNormalizedLoggingCall(level, markers, messagePattern, arguments, throwable);
     }
 
     private void innerHandleNormalizedLoggingCall(Level level, List<Marker> markers, String messagePattern, Object[] arguments, Throwable t) {