diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 825bf0b73..93def568f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.62.0"
+version = "2.63.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "astral-tokio-tar",
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc"
-version = "2.62.0"
+version = "2.63.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel 2.5.0",
@@ -1456,14 +1456,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings"
-version = "2.62.0"
+version = "2.63.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "deltachat-jsonrpc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-repl"
-version = "2.62.0"
+version = "2.63.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-server"
-version = "2.62.0"
+version = "2.63.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
@@ -1508,7 +1508,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "2.62.0"
+version = "2.63.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f67189947..1dc818da6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.62.0"
+version = "2.63.0-dev"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 rust-version = "1.89"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index 1c943ebfa..dbd675ce7 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "2.62.0"
+version = "2.63.0-dev"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/Cargo.toml
index b96249ea9..6da20621b 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings"
-version = "2.62.0"
+version = "2.63.0-dev"
 description = "Autogenerate DeltaChat JSON-RPC API bindings at build time"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/typescript/package.json b/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/typescript/package.json
index 3b91fba8c..4a75ff7e7 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/typescript/package.json
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/typescript/package.json
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "types": "dist/deltachat.d.ts",
-  "version": "2.62.0"
+  "version": "2.63.0-dev"
 }
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
index a3568ef70..db543ed31 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc"
-version = "2.62.0"
+version = "2.63.0-dev"
 description = "DeltaChat JSON-RPC API"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
index 704bace32..c0cb95407 100644
--- a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-repl"
-version = "2.62.0"
+version = "2.63.0-dev"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 edition = "2024"
 repository = "https://github.com/chatmail/core"
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml b/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
index b5c08a9ff..5297faf30 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 = "2.62.0"
+version = "2.63.0-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 99e7d92c9..454a2014d 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-server"
-version = "2.62.0"
+version = "2.63.0-dev"
 description = "DeltaChat JSON-RPC server"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json b/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
index 87c4c956f..2d7446072 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": "2.62.0"
+  "version": "2.63.0-dev"
 }
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index bc2ca053d..ffaefe5a1 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.62.0"
+version = "2.63.0-dev"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 description = "Python bindings for the Delta Chat Core library using CFFI against the Rust-implemented libdeltachat"
 readme = "README.rst"