diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bdecc0602..e650c8ca9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.53.0"
+version = "2.54.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "astral-tokio-tar",
@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc"
-version = "2.53.0"
+version = "2.54.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel 2.5.0",
@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-repl"
-version = "2.53.0"
+version = "2.54.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-server"
-version = "2.53.0"
+version = "2.54.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "2.53.0"
+version = "2.54.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 20002d725..ed2050334 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.53.0"
+version = "2.54.0-dev"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 rust-version = "1.89"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index 2884669a0..3393b9519 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "2.53.0"
+version = "2.54.0-dev"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
 edition = "2018"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
index 6f436dbfd..7dd46bcb5 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc"
-version = "2.53.0"
+version = "2.54.0-dev"
 description = "DeltaChat JSON-RPC API"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json
index 04d134bea..347400818 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "types": "dist/deltachat.d.ts",
-  "version": "2.53.0"
+  "version": "2.54.0-dev"
 }
diff --git a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
index a2e33294e..4fad3eb0e 100644
--- a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-repl"
-version = "2.53.0"
+version = "2.54.0-dev"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 edition = "2021"
 repository = "https://github.com/chatmail/core"
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml b/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
index 534b7d2f4..eeeabc7ad 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-client"
-version = "2.53.0"
+version = "2.54.0-dev"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 description = "Python client for Delta Chat core JSON-RPC interface"
 classifiers = [
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
index c6e010791..05c971f80 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-server"
-version = "2.53.0"
+version = "2.54.0-dev"
 description = "DeltaChat JSON-RPC server"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json b/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
index bbbf977e6..3cb819598 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "types": "index.d.ts",
-  "version": "2.53.0"
+  "version": "2.54.0-dev"
 }
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index 41180d5f9..86c01e9d2 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.53.0"
+version = "2.54.0-dev"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 description = "Python bindings for the Delta Chat Core library using CFFI against the Rust-implemented libdeltachat"
 readme = "README.rst"