diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index 1f7d8cd8ad..eb74f3ecc3 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "camunda-modeler",
-  "version": "5.27.0",
+  "version": "5.28.0-rc.0",
   "description": "Camunda Modeler for BPMN, DMN and CMMN, based on bpmn.io",
   "private": true,
   "main": "prod.js",
diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index f5dbcde9fc..310cc891ab 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "camunda-modeler-client",
-  "version": "5.27.0",
+  "version": "5.28.0-rc.0",
   "description": "Camunda Modeler client application",
   "private": true,
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 3a7d810b74..d15f3012ba 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
   "$schema": "node_modules/lerna/schemas/lerna-schema.json",
-  "version": "5.27.0"
+  "version": "5.28.0-rc.0"
 }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 194f3229f4..a5143c9aa1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     },
     "app": {
       "name": "camunda-modeler",
-      "version": "5.27.0",
+      "version": "5.28.0-rc.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@sentry/integrations": "^7.113.0",
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     },
     "client": {
       "name": "camunda-modeler-client",
-      "version": "5.27.0",
+      "version": "5.28.0-rc.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@bpmn-io/add-exporter": "^0.2.0",