diff --git a/.commitlintrc.yaml b/.commitlintrc.yaml
index d0b32786..67b733c2 100644
--- a/.commitlintrc.yaml
+++ b/.commitlintrc.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 rules:
   body-case: [2, always, sentence-case]
-  body-full-stop: [2, always]
+  body-full-stop: [1, always]
   body-leading-blank: [2, always]
   body-max-line-length: [2, always, 72]
   footer-leading-blank: [2, always]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3423f0b7..7c38dc68 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ jobs:
       - docs-sphinx
       - lint-black
       - lint-check-manifest
+      - lint-commitlint
       - lint-dockerfile
       - lint-flake8
       - lint-pydocstyle
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4dea9496..e0210883 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -148,5 +148,5 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.title="reana-job-controller"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.url="https://github.com/reanahub/reana-job-controller"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.vendor="reanahub"
 # x-release-please-start-version
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.version="0.9.3"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.version="0.95.0-alpha.1"
 # x-release-please-end
diff --git a/docs/openapi.json b/docs/openapi.json
index d037c2c9..68f82d65 100644
--- a/docs/openapi.json
+++ b/docs/openapi.json
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
   "info": {
     "description": "REANA Job Controller API",
     "title": "reana-job-controller",
-    "version": "0.9.3"
+    "version": "0.95.0a1"
   },
   "paths": {
     "/apispec": {},
diff --git a/reana_job_controller/version.py b/reana_job_controller/version.py
index 92bb44ae..e5b225c1 100644
--- a/reana_job_controller/version.py
+++ b/reana_job_controller/version.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
 
-__version__ = "0.9.3"
+__version__ = "0.95.0a1"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a4e8cfe5..b42af956 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ pyrsistent==0.20.0        # via jsonschema
 python-dateutil==2.9.0    # via bravado, bravado-core, kubernetes
 pytz==2024.1              # via bravado-core
 pyyaml==6.0.1             # via apispec, bravado, bravado-core, kubernetes, reana-commons, swagger-spec-validator
-reana-commons[kubernetes]==0.9.8  # via reana-db, reana-job-controller (setup.py)
-reana-db==0.9.4           # via reana-job-controller (setup.py)
+reana-commons[kubernetes]==0.95.0a2	# via reana-db, reana-job-controller (setup.py)
+reana-db==0.95.0a2	# via reana-job-controller (setup.py)
 requests==2.31.0          # via bravado, bravado-core, kubernetes, requests-oauthlib
 requests-oauthlib==1.3.1  # via kubernetes
 retrying==1.3.4           # via reana-job-controller (setup.py)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d2e94a9e..51ec7b56 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 history = open("CHANGELOG.md").read()
 
 tests_require = [
-    "pytest-reana>=0.9.2,<0.10.0",
+    "pytest-reana>=0.95.0a2,<0.96.0",
 ]
 
 extras_require = {
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
     "Werkzeug>=2.1.0,<3.0",
     "fs>=2.0",
     "marshmallow>2.13.0,<=2.20.1",
-    "reana-commons[kubernetes]>=0.9.8,<0.10.0",
-    "reana-db>=0.9.4,<0.10.0",
+    "reana-commons[kubernetes]>=0.95.0a2,<0.96.0",
+    "reana-db>=0.95.0a2,<0.96.0",
     "retrying>=1.3.3",
 ]