diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f4e1141c7..2cb492069 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.54.0"
+version = "2.55.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "astral-tokio-tar",
@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc"
-version = "2.54.0"
+version = "2.55.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel 2.5.0",
@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-repl"
-version = "2.54.0"
+version = "2.55.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-server"
-version = "2.54.0"
+version = "2.55.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "2.54.0"
+version = "2.55.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b0a35ea1e..f65ea271f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.54.0"
+version = "2.55.0-dev"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 rust-version = "1.89"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index 6df5d99b6..0e4a428e2 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "2.54.0"
+version = "2.55.0-dev"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
 edition = "2018"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
index 094e73c67..566f75e72 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc"
-version = "2.54.0"
+version = "2.55.0-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 2d9f2470f..9215a6378 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": "2.54.0"
+  "version": "2.55.0-dev"
 }
diff --git a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
index 44b9b240d..6892802c0 100644
--- a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-repl"
-version = "2.54.0"
+version = "2.55.0-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 a97b42647..e72edf777 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 = "2.54.0"
+version = "2.55.0-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 15b3bf94b..76502a938 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-server"
-version = "2.54.0"
+version = "2.55.0-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 c5ce09b21..c296364f9 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": "2.54.0"
+  "version": "2.55.0-dev"
 }
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index 56a942978..b2a1a0dac 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.54.0"
+version = "2.55.0-dev"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 description = "Python bindings for the Delta Chat Core library using CFFI against the Rust-implemented libdeltachat"
 readme = "README.rst"