diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9db5274cae..f59af610d7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-bootstrap"
-version = "0.1.5"
+version = "0.1.6-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-logging",
  "ant-protocol",
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-build-info"
-version = "0.1.24"
+version = "0.1.25-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "tracing",
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-cli"
-version = "0.3.7"
+version = "0.3.8-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-bootstrap",
  "ant-build-info",
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-evm"
-version = "0.1.9"
+version = "0.1.10-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "custom_debug",
  "evmlib",
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-logging"
-version = "0.2.46"
+version = "0.2.47-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "color-eyre",
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-metrics"
-version = "0.1.25"
+version = "0.1.26-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "color-eyre",
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-networking"
-version = "0.3.5"
+version = "0.3.6-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "aes-gcm-siv",
  "ant-bootstrap",
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-node"
-version = "0.3.6"
+version = "0.3.7-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-bootstrap",
  "ant-build-info",
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-node-manager"
-version = "0.11.8"
+version = "0.12.0-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-bootstrap",
  "ant-build-info",
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-node-rpc-client"
-version = "0.6.42"
+version = "0.6.43-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-build-info",
  "ant-logging",
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-protocol"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.1-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-build-info",
  "ant-evm",
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-service-management"
-version = "0.4.8"
+version = "0.4.9-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-bootstrap",
  "ant-evm",
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-token-supplies"
-version = "0.1.63"
+version = "0.1.64-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "dirs-next",
  "reqwest 0.11.27",
@@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@ checksum = "ace50bade8e6234aa140d9a2f552bbee1db4d353f69b8217bc503490fc1a9f26"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "autonomi"
-version = "0.3.6"
+version = "0.4.0-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy",
  "ant-bootstrap",
@@ -3186,7 +3186,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "evm-testnet"
-version = "0.1.9"
+version = "0.1.10-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-evm",
  "clap",
@@ -3197,7 +3197,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "evmlib"
-version = "0.1.9"
+version = "0.1.10-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy",
  "dirs-next",
@@ -6046,7 +6046,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nat-detection"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-build-info",
  "ant-networking",
@@ -6187,7 +6187,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "node-launchpad"
-version = "0.5.4"
+version = "0.5.5-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-bootstrap",
  "ant-build-info",
@@ -8801,7 +8801,7 @@ checksum = "8f50febec83f5ee1df3015341d8bd429f2d1cc62bcba7ea2076759d315084683"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "test-utils"
-version = "0.4.16"
+version = "0.4.17-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "color-eyre",
diff --git a/ant-bootstrap/Cargo.toml b/ant-bootstrap/Cargo.toml
index e07357939b..c08b40c487 100644
--- a/ant-bootstrap/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-bootstrap/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-bootstrap"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.1.5"
+version = "0.1.6-rc.1"
 
 [features]
 local = []
 
 [dependencies]
-ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.46" }
-ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "1.0.0" }
+ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.47-rc.1" }
+ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "1.0.1-rc.1" }
 atomic-write-file = "0.2.2"
 chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 clap = { version = "4.2.1", features = ["derive", "env"] }
diff --git a/ant-build-info/Cargo.toml b/ant-build-info/Cargo.toml
index 81b07d37f0..20c4fd23b1 100644
--- a/ant-build-info/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-build-info/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-build-info"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.1.24"
+version = "0.1.25-rc.1"
 build = "build.rs"
 include = ["Cargo.toml", "src/**/*", "build.rs"]
 
diff --git a/ant-build-info/src/release_info.rs b/ant-build-info/src/release_info.rs
index 7595767a34..91829eb153 100644
--- a/ant-build-info/src/release_info.rs
+++ b/ant-build-info/src/release_info.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 pub const RELEASE_YEAR: &str = "2025";
 pub const RELEASE_MONTH: &str = "1";
 pub const RELEASE_CYCLE: &str = "2";
-pub const RELEASE_CYCLE_COUNTER: &str = "3";
+pub const RELEASE_CYCLE_COUNTER: &str = "4";
diff --git a/ant-cli/Cargo.toml b/ant-cli/Cargo.toml
index 7b676d561e..273993be90 100644
--- a/ant-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ authors = ["MaidSafe Developers <dev@maidsafe.net>"]
 name = "ant-cli"
 description = "CLI client for the Autonomi network"
 license = "GPL-3.0"
-version = "0.3.7"
+version = "0.3.8-rc.1"
 edition = "2021"
 homepage = "https://maidsafe.net"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ name = "files"
 harness = false
 
 [dependencies]
-ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.5" }
-ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.24" }
-ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.46" }
-ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "1.0.0" }
-autonomi = { path = "../autonomi", version = "0.3.6", features = [ "loud" ] }
+ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.6-rc.1" }
+ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.25-rc.1" }
+ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.47-rc.1" }
+ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "1.0.1-rc.1" }
+autonomi = { path = "../autonomi", version = "0.4.0-rc.1", features = [ "loud" ] }
 clap = { version = "4.2.1", features = ["derive"] }
 color-eyre = "0.6.3"
 const-hex = "1.13.1"
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ tracing = { version = "~0.1.26" }
 walkdir = "2.5.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-autonomi = { path = "../autonomi", version = "0.3.6" }
+autonomi = { path = "../autonomi", version = "0.4.0-rc.1" }
 criterion = "0.5.1"
 eyre = "0.6.8"
 rand = { version = "~0.8.5", features = ["small_rng"] }
diff --git a/ant-evm/Cargo.toml b/ant-evm/Cargo.toml
index 1e15b8d6f8..4c571b1a44 100644
--- a/ant-evm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-evm/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-evm"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.1.9"
+version = "0.1.10-rc.1"
 
 [features]
 external-signer = ["evmlib/external-signer"]
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ test-utils = []
 
 [dependencies]
 custom_debug = "~0.6.1"
-evmlib = { path = "../evmlib", version = "0.1.9" }
+evmlib = { path = "../evmlib", version = "0.1.10-rc.1" }
 hex = "~0.4.3"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 libp2p = { version = "0.55.0", features = ["identify", "kad"] }
diff --git a/ant-logging/Cargo.toml b/ant-logging/Cargo.toml
index a27bec98ee..f1f56bfbb7 100644
--- a/ant-logging/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-logging/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-logging"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.2.46"
+version = "0.2.47-rc.1"
 
 [dependencies]
 chrono = "~0.4.19"
diff --git a/ant-metrics/Cargo.toml b/ant-metrics/Cargo.toml
index fb9f77b744..450e932e8a 100644
--- a/ant-metrics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-metrics/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-metrics"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.1.25"
+version = "0.1.26-rc.1"
 
 [[bin]]
 path = "src/main.rs"
diff --git a/ant-networking/Cargo.toml b/ant-networking/Cargo.toml
index e955fce386..971b3f51da 100644
--- a/ant-networking/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-networking/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-networking"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.3.5"
+version = "0.3.6-rc.1"
 
 [features]
 default = []
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ open-metrics = ["libp2p/metrics", "prometheus-client", "hyper", "sysinfo"]
 
 [dependencies]
 aes-gcm-siv = "0.11.1"
-ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.5" }
-ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.24" }
-ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.9" }
-ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "1.0.0" }
+ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.6-rc.1" }
+ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.25-rc.1" }
+ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.10-rc.1" }
+ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "1.0.1-rc.1" }
 async-trait = "0.1"
 bls = { package = "blsttc", version = "8.0.2" }
 bytes = { version = "1.0.1", features = ["serde"] }
diff --git a/ant-node-manager/Cargo.toml b/ant-node-manager/Cargo.toml
index d0293919cf..f1acb1f0cb 100644
--- a/ant-node-manager/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-node-manager/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-node-manager"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.11.8"
+version = "0.12.0-rc.1"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "antctl"
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ tcp = []
 websockets = []
 
 [dependencies]
-ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.5" }
-ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.24" }
-ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.9" }
-ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.46" }
-ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "1.0.0" }
+ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.6-rc.1" }
+ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.25-rc.1" }
+ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.10-rc.1" }
+ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.47-rc.1" }
+ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "1.0.1-rc.1" }
 ant-releases = { version = "0.4.0" }
-ant-service-management = { path = "../ant-service-management", version = "0.4.8" }
+ant-service-management = { path = "../ant-service-management", version = "0.4.9-rc.1" }
 chrono = "~0.4.19"
 clap = { version = "4.4.6", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 colored = "2.0.4"
diff --git a/ant-node-rpc-client/Cargo.toml b/ant-node-rpc-client/Cargo.toml
index ed8061b64f..32ab5dee18 100644
--- a/ant-node-rpc-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-node-rpc-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-node-rpc-client"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.6.42"
+version = "0.6.43-rc.1"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "antnode_rpc_client"
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 nightly = []
 
 [dependencies]
-ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.24" }
-ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.46" }
-ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "1.0.0", features=["rpc"] }
-ant-node = { path = "../ant-node", version = "0.3.6" }
-ant-service-management = { path = "../ant-service-management", version = "0.4.8" }
+ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.25-rc.1" }
+ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.47-rc.1" }
+ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "1.0.1-rc.1", features=["rpc"] }
+ant-node = { path = "../ant-node", version = "0.3.7-rc.1" }
+ant-service-management = { path = "../ant-service-management", version = "0.4.9-rc.1" }
 async-trait = "0.1"
 bls = { package = "blsttc", version = "8.0.1" }
 clap = { version = "4.2.1", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/ant-node/Cargo.toml b/ant-node/Cargo.toml
index 358c639054..b29e34a676 100644
--- a/ant-node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-node/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 authors = ["MaidSafe Developers <dev@maidsafe.net>"]
 description = "The Autonomi node binary"
 name = "ant-node"
-version = "0.3.6"
+version = "0.3.7-rc.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "GPL-3.0"
 homepage = "https://maidsafe.net"
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ open-metrics = ["ant-networking/open-metrics", "prometheus-client"]
 otlp = ["ant-logging/otlp"]
 
 [dependencies]
-ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.5" }
-ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.24" }
-ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.9" }
-ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.46", features = ["process-metrics"] }
-ant-networking = { path = "../ant-networking", version = "0.3.5" }
-ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "1.0.0" }
-ant-service-management = { path = "../ant-service-management", version = "0.4.8" }
+ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.6-rc.1" }
+ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.25-rc.1" }
+ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.10-rc.1" }
+ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.47-rc.1", features = ["process-metrics"] }
+ant-networking = { path = "../ant-networking", version = "0.3.6-rc.1" }
+ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "1.0.1-rc.1" }
+ant-service-management = { path = "../ant-service-management", version = "0.4.9-rc.1" }
 async-trait = "0.1"
 bls = { package = "blsttc", version = "8.0.1" }
 bytes = { version = "1.0.1", features = ["serde"] }
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ walkdir = "~2.5.0"
 xor_name = "5.0.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "1.0.0", features = ["rpc"] }
+ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "1.0.1-rc.1", features = ["rpc"] }
 assert_fs = "1.0.0"
-evmlib = { path = "../evmlib", version = "0.1.9" }
-autonomi = { path = "../autonomi", version = "0.3.6" }
+evmlib = { path = "../evmlib", version = "0.1.10-rc.1" }
+autonomi = { path = "../autonomi", version = "0.4.0-rc.1" }
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.2", default-features = false, features = [
     "rustls-tls-manual-roots",
 ] }
diff --git a/ant-protocol/Cargo.toml b/ant-protocol/Cargo.toml
index dd057c72d4..57e6855de5 100644
--- a/ant-protocol/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-protocol/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-protocol"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.1-rc.1"
 
 [features]
 default = []
 rpc = ["tonic", "prost"]
 
 [dependencies]
-ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.24" }
-ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.9" }
+ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.25-rc.1" }
+ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.10-rc.1" }
 bls = { package = "blsttc", version = "8.0.1" }
 bytes = { version = "1.0.1", features = ["serde"] }
 color-eyre = "0.6.3"
diff --git a/ant-service-management/Cargo.toml b/ant-service-management/Cargo.toml
index e2e2954293..80715fd08d 100644
--- a/ant-service-management/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-service-management/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-service-management"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.4.8"
+version = "0.4.9-rc.1"
 
 [dependencies]
-ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.5" }
-ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.9" }
-ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.46" }
-ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "1.0.0", features = ["rpc"] }
+ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.6-rc.1" }
+ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.10-rc.1" }
+ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.47-rc.1" }
+ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "1.0.1-rc.1", features = ["rpc"] }
 async-trait = "0.1"
 dirs-next = "2.0.0"
 libp2p = { version = "0.55.0", features = ["kad"] }
diff --git a/ant-token-supplies/Cargo.toml b/ant-token-supplies/Cargo.toml
index c788f13d04..267365b247 100644
--- a/ant-token-supplies/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-token-supplies/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-token-supplies"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.1.63"
+version = "0.1.64-rc.1"
 
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/autonomi/Cargo.toml b/autonomi/Cargo.toml
index b00e6d3459..71ef24c5e2 100644
--- a/autonomi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/autonomi/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ authors = ["MaidSafe Developers <dev@maidsafe.net>"]
 description = "Autonomi client API"
 name = "autonomi"
 license = "GPL-3.0"
-version = "0.3.6"
+version = "0.4.0-rc.1"
 edition = "2021"
 homepage = "https://maidsafe.net"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ extension-module = ["pyo3/extension-module", "pyo3-async-runtimes"]
 loud = []
 
 [dependencies]
-ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.5" }
-ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.9" }
-ant-networking = { path = "../ant-networking", version = "0.3.5" }
-ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "1.0.0" }
+ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.6-rc.1" }
+ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.10-rc.1" }
+ant-networking = { path = "../ant-networking", version = "0.3.6-rc.1" }
+ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "1.0.1-rc.1" }
 bip39 = "2.0.0"
 blst = "0.3.13"
 blstrs = "0.7.1"
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ xor_name = "5.0.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 alloy = { version = "0.7.3", default-features = false, features = ["contract", "json-rpc", "network", "node-bindings", "provider-http", "reqwest-rustls-tls", "rpc-client", "rpc-types", "signer-local", "std"] }
-ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.46" }
+ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.47-rc.1" }
 eyre = "0.6.5"
 serial_test = "3.2.0"
 sha2 = "0.10.6"
diff --git a/evm-testnet/Cargo.toml b/evm-testnet/Cargo.toml
index 8dac620dbf..f765947a4b 100644
--- a/evm-testnet/Cargo.toml
+++ b/evm-testnet/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ homepage = "https://maidsafe.net"
 license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "evm-testnet"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.1.9"
+version = "0.1.10-rc.1"
 
 [dependencies]
-ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.9" }
+ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.10-rc.1" }
 clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["derive"] }
 dirs-next = "~2.0.0"
-evmlib = { path = "../evmlib", version = "0.1.9" }
+evmlib = { path = "../evmlib", version = "0.1.10-rc.1" }
 tokio = { version = "1.40", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "signal"] }
 
 [lints]
diff --git a/evmlib/Cargo.toml b/evmlib/Cargo.toml
index 61d71e3493..88f14c8078 100644
--- a/evmlib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/evmlib/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ homepage = "https://maidsafe.net"
 license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "evmlib"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.1.9"
+version = "0.1.10-rc.1"
 
 [features]
 external-signer = []
diff --git a/nat-detection/Cargo.toml b/nat-detection/Cargo.toml
index 6a43a51352..494a78158f 100644
--- a/nat-detection/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nat-detection/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "nat-detection"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17-rc.1"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "nat-detection"
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 nightly = []
 
 [dependencies]
-ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.24" }
-ant-networking = { path = "../ant-networking", version = "0.3.5" }
-ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "1.0.0" }
+ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.25-rc.1" }
+ant-networking = { path = "../ant-networking", version = "0.3.6-rc.1" }
+ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "1.0.1-rc.1" }
 clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["derive"] }
 clap-verbosity-flag = "2.2.0"
 color-eyre = { version = "0.6", default-features = false }
diff --git a/node-launchpad/Cargo.toml b/node-launchpad/Cargo.toml
index 04671549c5..f41b674227 100644
--- a/node-launchpad/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node-launchpad/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 authors = ["MaidSafe Developers <dev@maidsafe.net>"]
 description = "TUI for running nodes on the Autonomi network"
 name = "node-launchpad"
-version = "0.5.4"
+version = "0.5.5-rc.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "GPL-3.0"
 homepage = "https://maidsafe.net"
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ path = "src/bin/tui/main.rs"
 nightly = []
 
 [dependencies]
-ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.5" }
-ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.24" }
-ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.9" }
-ant-node-manager = { version = "0.11.8", path = "../ant-node-manager" }
-ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "1.0.0" }
+ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.6-rc.1" }
+ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.25-rc.1" }
+ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.10-rc.1" }
+ant-node-manager = { version = "0.12.0-rc.1", path = "../ant-node-manager" }
+ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "1.0.1-rc.1" }
 ant-releases = { version = "0.4.0" }
-ant-service-management = { version = "0.4.8", path = "../ant-service-management" }
+ant-service-management = { version = "0.4.9-rc.1", path = "../ant-service-management" }
 arboard = "3.4.1"
 atty = "0.2.14"
 better-panic = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/release-cycle-info b/release-cycle-info
index 9619250bcb..b02324806c 100644
--- a/release-cycle-info
+++ b/release-cycle-info
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 release-year: 2025
 release-month: 1
 release-cycle: 2
-release-cycle-counter: 3
+release-cycle-counter: 4
diff --git a/test-utils/Cargo.toml b/test-utils/Cargo.toml
index 98a75121b0..8ab2c16702 100644
--- a/test-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/test-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "test-utils"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.4.16"
+version = "0.4.17-rc.1"
 
 [dependencies]
 bytes = { version = "1.0.1", features = ["serde"] }
 color-eyre = "0.6.3"
 dirs-next = "~2.0.0"
-evmlib = { path = "../evmlib", version = "0.1.9" }
+evmlib = { path = "../evmlib", version = "0.1.10-rc.1" }
 libp2p = { version = "0.55.0", features = ["identify", "kad"] }
 rand = "0.8.5"
 serde = { version = "1.0.133", features = ["derive"] }