diff --git a/axum-core/CHANGELOG.md b/axum-core/CHANGELOG.md
index dfa3fbf247..f2932a42e4 100644
--- a/axum-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/axum-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,10 +5,15 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-# Unreleased
+# 0.5.0
 
+## alpha.1
+
+- **breaking:** Replace `#[async_trait]` with [return-position `impl Trait` in traits][RPITIT] ([#2308])
 - **change:** Update minimum rust version to 1.75 ([#2943])
 
+[RPITIT]: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2023/12/21/async-fn-rpit-in-traits.html
+[#2308]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/2308
 [#2943]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/2943
 
 # 0.4.5
diff --git a/axum-core/Cargo.toml b/axum-core/Cargo.toml
index 69c5aa18f3..d749a3b029 100644
--- a/axum-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/axum-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 name = "axum-core"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum"
-version = "0.4.5" # remember to also bump the version that axum and axum-extra depend on
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1" # remember to bump the version that axum and axum-extra depend on
 
 [features]
 tracing = ["dep:tracing"]
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ tower-http = { version = "0.6.0", optional = true, features = ["limit"] }
 tracing = { version = "0.1.37", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-axum = { path = "../axum", version = "0.7.2" }
+axum = { path = "../axum", version = "0.8.0-alpha.1" }
 axum-extra = { path = "../axum-extra", features = ["typed-header"] }
 futures-util = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 hyper = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/axum-extra/CHANGELOG.md b/axum-extra/CHANGELOG.md
index a8d1f5ce37..450e722a85 100644
--- a/axum-extra/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/axum-extra/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog],
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning].
 
-# Unreleased
+# 0.10.0
+
+# alpha.1
 
 - **breaking:** Update to prost 0.13. Used for the `Protobuf` extractor ([#2829])
 - **change:** Update minimum rust version to 1.75 ([#2943])
diff --git a/axum-extra/Cargo.toml b/axum-extra/Cargo.toml
index fe620ce3dd..a8c2fcbc73 100644
--- a/axum-extra/Cargo.toml
+++ b/axum-extra/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 name = "axum-extra"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum"
-version = "0.9.4"
+version = "0.10.0-alpha.1"
 
 [features]
 default = ["tracing", "multipart"]
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ typed-header = ["dep:headers"]
 typed-routing = ["dep:axum-macros", "dep:percent-encoding", "dep:serde_html_form", "dep:form_urlencoded"]
 
 [dependencies]
-axum = { path = "../axum", version = "0.7.7", default-features = false }
-axum-core = { path = "../axum-core", version = "0.4.5" }
+axum = { path = "../axum", version = "0.8.0-alpha.1", default-features = false }
+axum-core = { path = "../axum-core", version = "0.5.0-alpha.1" }
 bytes = "1.1.0"
 futures-util = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 http = "1.0.0"
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ tower-layer = "0.3"
 tower-service = "0.3"
 
 # optional dependencies
-axum-macros = { path = "../axum-macros", version = "0.4.2", optional = true }
+axum-macros = { path = "../axum-macros", version = "0.5.0-alpha.1", optional = true }
 cookie = { package = "cookie", version = "0.18.0", features = ["percent-encode"], optional = true }
 fastrand = { version = "2.1.0", optional = true }
 form_urlencoded = { version = "1.1.0", optional = true }
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ tokio-util = { version = "0.7", optional = true }
 tracing = { version = "0.1.37", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-axum = { path = "../axum", version = "0.7.2" }
+axum = { path = "../axum", version = "0.8.0-alpha.1" }
 hyper = "1.0.0"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "stream", "multipart"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/axum-macros/CHANGELOG.md b/axum-macros/CHANGELOG.md
index ff132d8528..11b7820f89 100644
--- a/axum-macros/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/axum-macros/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-# Unreleased
+# 0.5.0
 
+## alpha.1
+
+- **breaking:** Update code generation for axum-core 0.5.0-alpha.1
 - **change:** Update minimum rust version to 1.75 ([#2943])
 
 [#2943]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/2943
diff --git a/axum-macros/Cargo.toml b/axum-macros/Cargo.toml
index 543b520c50..ae142b5d06 100644
--- a/axum-macros/Cargo.toml
+++ b/axum-macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 name = "axum-macros"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum"
-version = "0.4.2" # remember to also bump the version that axum and axum-extra depends on
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1" # remember to also bump the version that axum and axum-extra depends on
 
 [features]
 default = []
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ syn = { version = "2.0", features = [
 ] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-axum = { path = "../axum", version = "0.7.2", features = ["macros"] }
-axum-extra = { path = "../axum-extra", version = "0.9.0", features = ["typed-routing", "cookie-private", "typed-header"] }
+axum = { path = "../axum", version = "0.8.0-alpha.1", features = ["macros"] }
+axum-extra = { path = "../axum-extra", version = "0.10.0-alpha.1", features = ["typed-routing", "cookie-private", "typed-header"] }
 rustversion = "1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
diff --git a/axum/CHANGELOG.md b/axum/CHANGELOG.md
index 47b69e2c83..21194b529f 100644
--- a/axum/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/axum/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-# Unreleased
+# 0.8.0
+
+## alpha.1
 
 - **breaking:** Require `Sync` for all handlers and services added to `Router`
   and `MethodRouter` ([#2473])
diff --git a/axum/Cargo.toml b/axum/Cargo.toml
index 6b8d70445d..5b9c550d0b 100644
--- a/axum/Cargo.toml
+++ b/axum/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "axum"
-version = "0.7.7"
+version = "0.8.0-alpha.1" # remember to bump the version that axum-extra and axum-macros depend on
 categories = ["asynchronous", "network-programming", "web-programming::http-server"]
 description = "Web framework that focuses on ergonomics and modularity"
 edition = "2021"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ ws = ["dep:hyper", "tokio", "dep:tokio-tungstenite", "dep:sha1", "dep:base64"]
 __private_docs = ["tower/full", "dep:tower-http"]
 
 [dependencies]
-axum-core = { path = "../axum-core", version = "0.4.5" }
+axum-core = { path = "../axum-core", version = "0.5.0-alpha.1" }
 bytes = "1.0"
 futures-util = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 http = "1.0.0"
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ tower-layer = "0.3.2"
 tower-service = "0.3"
 
 # optional dependencies
-axum-macros = { path = "../axum-macros", version = "0.4.2", optional = true }
+axum-macros = { path = "../axum-macros", version = "0.5.0-alpha.1", optional = true }
 base64 = { version = "0.22.1", optional = true }
 hyper = { version = "1.1.0", optional = true }
 hyper-util = { version = "0.1.3", features = ["tokio", "server", "service"], optional = true }
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ features = [
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
-axum-macros = { path = "../axum-macros", version = "0.4.1", features = ["__private"] }
+axum-macros = { path = "../axum-macros", version = "0.5.0-alpha.1", features = ["__private"] }
 quickcheck = "1.0"
 quickcheck_macros = "1.0"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "stream", "multipart"] }