diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 731464956..7f4d61d8f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.59.0"
+version = "2.60.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "astral-tokio-tar",
@@ -1436,7 +1436,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc"
-version = "2.59.0"
+version = "2.60.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel 2.5.0",
@@ -1457,7 +1457,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-repl"
-version = "2.59.0"
+version = "2.60.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-server"
-version = "2.59.0"
+version = "2.60.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
@@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "2.59.0"
+version = "2.60.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index eecdabc0f..d6049cb31 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.59.0"
+version = "2.60.0-dev"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 rust-version = "1.89"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index 1177bca4f..b7121f709 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "2.59.0"
+version = "2.60.0-dev"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
 edition = "2024"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
index 5423a3965..7ec3a38ff 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc"
-version = "2.59.0"
+version = "2.60.0-dev"
 description = "DeltaChat JSON-RPC API"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json
index e58bd0ec1..dc4d55b2c 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": "2.59.0"
+  "version": "2.60.0-dev"
 }
diff --git a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
index 032573be2..a89d0d3ad 100644
--- a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-repl"
-version = "2.59.0"
+version = "2.60.0-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 65e4b20fb..8226c5eb6 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 = "2.59.0"
+version = "2.60.0-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 2c86867e5..1f193bde5 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-server"
-version = "2.59.0"
+version = "2.60.0-dev"
 description = "DeltaChat JSON-RPC server"
 edition = "2024"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json b/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
index 2b9feaf91..b28e8ff56 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": "2.59.0"
+  "version": "2.60.0-dev"
 }
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index 61e2b9e57..2fd3309ab 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.59.0"
+version = "2.60.0-dev"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 description = "Python bindings for the Delta Chat Core library using CFFI against the Rust-implemented libdeltachat"
 readme = "README.rst"