diff --git a/bundles/clientlibs/pom.xml b/bundles/clientlibs/pom.xml
index ba9aa06..6da6fc7 100644
--- a/bundles/clientlibs/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/clientlibs/pom.xml
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.wcm.samples</groupId>
     <artifactId>io.wcm.samples.parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>io.wcm.samples</groupId>
   <artifactId>io.wcm.samples.clientlibs</artifactId>
-  <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>Sample Application Clientlibs</name>
diff --git a/bundles/core/pom.xml b/bundles/core/pom.xml
index 4c0faa0..47e957c 100644
--- a/bundles/core/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/core/pom.xml
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.wcm.samples</groupId>
     <artifactId>io.wcm.samples.parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>io.wcm.samples</groupId>
   <artifactId>io.wcm.samples.core</artifactId>
-  <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>Sample Application</name>
diff --git a/changes.xml b/changes.xml
index 09f426a..f6452e0 100644
--- a/changes.xml
+++ b/changes.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/changes/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-changes-plugin/xsd/changes-1.0.0.xsd">
   <body>
 
+    <release version="1.5.0" date="not released">
+      <action type="update" dev="sseifert">
+        Switch to Handler 2.x.
+      </action>
+    </release>
+
     <release version="1.4.2" date="2023-04-20">
       <action type="update" dev="sseifert">
         Switch to Java 11 as minimum version.
diff --git a/config-definition/pom.xml b/config-definition/pom.xml
index 6dba7fc..a5fe779 100644
--- a/config-definition/pom.xml
+++ b/config-definition/pom.xml
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.wcm.samples</groupId>
     <artifactId>io.wcm.samples.parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>io.wcm.samples</groupId>
   <artifactId>io.wcm.samples.config-definition</artifactId>
   <description>AEM Application CONGA roles and templates</description>
-  <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>config-definition</packaging>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.wcm.samples</groupId>
       <artifactId>io.wcm.samples.complete</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <type>zip</type>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.wcm.samples</groupId>
       <artifactId>io.wcm.samples.sample-content</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <type>zip</type>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/content-packages/complete/pom.xml b/content-packages/complete/pom.xml
index c155733..861681c 100644
--- a/content-packages/complete/pom.xml
+++ b/content-packages/complete/pom.xml
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.wcm.samples</groupId>
     <artifactId>io.wcm.samples.parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>io.wcm.samples</groupId>
   <artifactId>io.wcm.samples.complete</artifactId>
-  <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>content-package</packaging>
 
   <name>Samples Application</name>
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.wcm.samples</groupId>
       <artifactId>io.wcm.samples.core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.wcm.samples</groupId>
       <artifactId>io.wcm.samples.clientlibs</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/content-packages/sample-content/pom.xml b/content-packages/sample-content/pom.xml
index 7df31e6..d3f72dc 100644
--- a/content-packages/sample-content/pom.xml
+++ b/content-packages/sample-content/pom.xml
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.wcm.samples</groupId>
     <artifactId>io.wcm.samples.parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>io.wcm.samples</groupId>
   <artifactId>io.wcm.samples.sample-content</artifactId>
   <description>AEM Application sample content</description>
-  <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>content-package</packaging>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index ad281e4..155470e 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.wcm.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>io.wcm.maven.aem-global-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.14</version>
+    <version>2.1.15-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath />
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>io.wcm.samples</groupId>
   <artifactId>io.wcm.samples.parent</artifactId>
-  <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Samples</name>
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <mockito.version>5.8.0</mockito.version>
 
     <!-- Enable reproducible builds -->
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2023-04-20T09:30:58Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2023-12-19T12:58:47Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
 
   </properties>
 
@@ -137,27 +137,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.wcm</groupId>
         <artifactId>io.wcm.handler.commons</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.wcm</groupId>
         <artifactId>io.wcm.handler.url</artifactId>
-        <version>1.10.2</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.wcm</groupId>
         <artifactId>io.wcm.handler.link</artifactId>
-        <version>1.10.4</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.wcm</groupId>
         <artifactId>io.wcm.handler.media</artifactId>
-        <version>1.16.0</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.wcm</groupId>
         <artifactId>io.wcm.handler.richtext</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.6</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.wcm</groupId>
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.wcm</groupId>
         <artifactId>io.wcm.testing.wcm-io-mock.handler</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Import AEM dependencies -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4e2bd8e..7cf0fb9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
   <groupId>io.wcm.samples</groupId>
   <artifactId>io.wcm.samples</artifactId>
-  <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Samples Root</name>
