diff --git a/build-all-multiplatform.sh b/build-all-multiplatform.sh
index c43e3d23..f0f7c9a9 100755
--- a/build-all-multiplatform.sh
+++ b/build-all-multiplatform.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -eo pipefail
 
-DEBEZIUM_VERSION="2.6"
+DEBEZIUM_VERSION="2.7"
 if [ -z "$DEBEZIUM_VERSIONS" ]; then
   DEBEZIUM_VERSIONS="$DEBEZIUM_VERSION"
 fi
diff --git a/build-all.sh b/build-all.sh
index 96371d90..66b4f293 100755
--- a/build-all.sh
+++ b/build-all.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -eo pipefail
 
-DEBEZIUM_VERSION="2.6"
+DEBEZIUM_VERSION="2.7"
 if [ -z "$DEBEZIUM_VERSIONS" ]; then
   DEBEZIUM_VERSIONS="$DEBEZIUM_VERSION"
 fi
diff --git a/connect/2.7/Dockerfile b/connect/2.7/Dockerfile
index 9816d582..b7602613 100644
--- a/connect/2.7/Dockerfile
+++ b/connect/2.7/Dockerfile
@@ -3,22 +3,22 @@ FROM localhost:5500/debeziumquay/connect-base:2.7
 
 LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
 
-ENV DEBEZIUM_VERSION="2.6.0.Final" \
+ENV DEBEZIUM_VERSION="2.7.0.Alpha1" \
     MAVEN_REPO_CENTRAL="" \
     MAVEN_REPOS_ADDITIONAL="" \
-    MONGODB_MD5=e2169b6e79da3c97c14bca50d7675626 \
-    MYSQL_MD5=591c1565d9efa7732f6b60cfd12a0d92 \
-    POSTGRES_MD5=54abb25a73ebe37876411d87ea6f612d \
-    SQLSERVER_MD5=2cba27e4ebee58d716e8e1960fc3dd55 \
-    ORACLE_MD5=591352633d43a9705309edf0733500c9 \
-    DB2_MD5=f67e5ee9a25e633ba4101fc3c4db055c \
-    SPANNER_MD5=2e8685d937df9a07ff2b223421551c99 \
-    VITESS_MD5=bf9f5a0bedb6c46e02f5b6469c6b8aaf \
-    JDBC_MD5=d91ec1132b2391873bb25003f281f084 \
-    INFORMIX_MD5=9dc7c18dacc493b58e09e71fa7a5bd24 \
-    IBMI_MD5=bc47df0fb222a4edb01c88a8aea3f748 \
-    KCRESTEXT_MD5=3ce9a7dd71b4ce13034591408481ed9b \
-    SCRIPTING_MD5=040f9956fbd55108c7feffce7a53b3ed
+    MONGODB_MD5=1aa59d72d9fd9347e1792f3cc3d59385 \
+    MYSQL_MD5=3cff94f4d2f2b81d204ec37da318f516 \
+    POSTGRES_MD5=258ca1ccc6739a8385937f366825bf5b \
+    SQLSERVER_MD5=5b3d9a0a8c6bd9d5bbd1012340b9da70 \
+    ORACLE_MD5=bcf7ca1695e1fa19ac886d0e27188857 \
+    DB2_MD5=fe6c09755676243dd49c4aa89d9f82d3 \
+    SPANNER_MD5=f1b1c7bdc522f9ca258e1eb21767a077 \
+    VITESS_MD5=cb835bfb8ebfe1c0971150551f8c55c3 \
+    JDBC_MD5=6f33e66ad77f9419f66a090e645a6646 \
+    INFORMIX_MD5=614b4f4d59e6e7ff9c6b19d4fcb76de2 \
+    IBMI_MD5=43615ede7854c91cc0aa32aff22e2283 \
+    KCRESTEXT_MD5=47ba8de48fcbc4dd2d27ce200e4f2160 \
+    SCRIPTING_MD5=a91d647e197f0c0f9ecf947fdb83fa2a
 
 RUN docker-maven-download debezium mongodb "$DEBEZIUM_VERSION" "$MONGODB_MD5" && \
     docker-maven-download debezium mysql "$DEBEZIUM_VERSION" "$MYSQL_MD5" && \
diff --git a/connect/2.7/Dockerfile.local b/connect/2.7/Dockerfile.local
index e25c606d..c7959402 100644
--- a/connect/2.7/Dockerfile.local
+++ b/connect/2.7/Dockerfile.local
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM quay.io/debezium/connect-base:2.7
 
 LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
 
-ARG DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.7.0
+ARG DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.7.0.Alpha1
 ENV DEBEZIUM_VERSION=${DEBEZIUM_VERSION}
 
 # -------- testing ---------
diff --git a/connect/snapshot/Dockerfile b/connect/snapshot/Dockerfile
index 5567664b..1e4d1663 100644
--- a/connect/snapshot/Dockerfile
+++ b/connect/snapshot/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM quay.io/debezium/connect-base:2.7
 
 LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
 
-ARG DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.6.0-SNAPSHOT
+ARG DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.7.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 ENV DEBEZIUM_VERSION=$DEBEZIUM_VERSION \
     MAVEN_OSS_SNAPSHOT="https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots"
diff --git a/operator/2.7/Dockerfile b/operator/2.7/Dockerfile
index e131ed7c..70789c3f 100644
--- a/operator/2.7/Dockerfile
+++ b/operator/2.7/Dockerfile
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
 # Set the version, home directory
 #
 ENV LANGUAGE='en_US:en'
-ENV DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.6.0.Final \
+ENV DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.7.0.Alpha1 \
     OPERATOR_HOME=/operator \
     MAVEN_REPO_CENTRAL="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2"
 ENV OPERATOR_URL_PATH=io/debezium/debezium-operator-dist/$DEBEZIUM_VERSION/debezium-operator-dist-$DEBEZIUM_VERSION.tar.gz \
-    OPERATOR_MD5=bc2d6d3a7c05dbdca92139d6a75dce9c
+    OPERATOR_MD5=73c62ac6547bed3f4ebd4abfe1a38205
 
 USER root
 #
diff --git a/operator/snapshot/Dockerfile b/operator/snapshot/Dockerfile
index cc0f5681..a1624fd3 100644
--- a/operator/snapshot/Dockerfile
+++ b/operator/snapshot/Dockerfile
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
 #
 # Set the version, home directory
 #
-ARG DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.6.0-SNAPSHOT
+ARG DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.7.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 ENV LANGUAGE='en_US:en'
 ENV DEBEZIUM_VERSION=$DEBEZIUM_VERSION \
diff --git a/postgres/10-alpine/Dockerfile b/postgres/10-alpine/Dockerfile
index 267345af..561cc00e 100644
--- a/postgres/10-alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/10-alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:10-alpine
 
 LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.1.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.7.0.Alpha1
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=92b33c7d7c2fccbeb9f79455dafbc92e87e00ddd
 
diff --git a/postgres/10/Dockerfile b/postgres/10/Dockerfile
index 23cea94e..8cd7891b 100644
--- a/postgres/10/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/10/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:10-bullseye AS build
 
 ARG USE_POSTGIS=true
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.1.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.7.0.Alpha1
 ENV PROTOC_VERSION=1.4
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=92b33c7d7c2fccbeb9f79455dafbc92e87e00ddd
diff --git a/postgres/11-alpine/Dockerfile b/postgres/11-alpine/Dockerfile
index 548a5f73..b27451af 100644
--- a/postgres/11-alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/11-alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:11-alpine
 
 LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.1.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.7.0.Alpha1
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=92b33c7d7c2fccbeb9f79455dafbc92e87e00ddd
 
diff --git a/postgres/11/Dockerfile b/postgres/11/Dockerfile
index 3343d02f..df9d9a46 100644
--- a/postgres/11/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/11/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:11-bullseye AS build
 
 ARG USE_POSTGIS=true
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.1.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.7.0.Alpha1
 ENV PROTOC_VERSION=1.4
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=92b33c7d7c2fccbeb9f79455dafbc92e87e00ddd
diff --git a/postgres/12-alpine/Dockerfile b/postgres/12-alpine/Dockerfile
index c8123bd2..e5338914 100644
--- a/postgres/12-alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/12-alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:12-alpine
 
 LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.1.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.7.0.Alpha1
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=92b33c7d7c2fccbeb9f79455dafbc92e87e00ddd
 
diff --git a/postgres/12/Dockerfile b/postgres/12/Dockerfile
index 64dffbdc..91ef21c7 100644
--- a/postgres/12/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/12/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:12-bullseye AS build
 
 ARG USE_POSTGIS=true
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.1.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.7.0.Alpha1
 ENV PROTOC_VERSION=1.4
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=92b33c7d7c2fccbeb9f79455dafbc92e87e00ddd
diff --git a/postgres/13-alpine/Dockerfile b/postgres/13-alpine/Dockerfile
index 3d019c1f..8fa63642 100644
--- a/postgres/13-alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/13-alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:13-alpine
 
 LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.1.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.7.0.Alpha1
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=wal2json_2_3
 
diff --git a/postgres/13/Dockerfile b/postgres/13/Dockerfile
index 0451b0de..b3b377a9 100644
--- a/postgres/13/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/13/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:13-bullseye AS build
 
 ARG USE_POSTGIS=true
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.1.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.7.0.Alpha1
 ENV PROTOC_VERSION=1.4
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=wal2json_2_3
diff --git a/postgres/14-alpine/Dockerfile b/postgres/14-alpine/Dockerfile
index 73f901f1..f528fa7d 100644
--- a/postgres/14-alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/14-alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:14-alpine
 
 LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.1.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.7.0.Alpha1
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=wal2json_2_3
 
diff --git a/postgres/14/Dockerfile b/postgres/14/Dockerfile
index 84ec6e4e..57c517c4 100644
--- a/postgres/14/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/14/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:14-bullseye AS build
 
 ARG USE_POSTGIS=true
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.1.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.7.0.Alpha1
 ENV PROTOC_VERSION=1.4
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=wal2json_2_3
diff --git a/postgres/15-alpine/Dockerfile b/postgres/15-alpine/Dockerfile
index 2d73caed..bf9fa611 100644
--- a/postgres/15-alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/15-alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:15-alpine
 
 LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.1.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.7.0.Alpha1
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache protobuf-c-dev
 
diff --git a/postgres/15/Dockerfile b/postgres/15/Dockerfile
index 8b4b72e1..81d22d66 100644
--- a/postgres/15/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/15/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:15-bullseye AS build
 
 ARG USE_POSTGIS=true
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.1.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.7.0.Alpha1
 ENV PROTOC_VERSION=1.4
 
 # Install the packages which will be required to get everything to compile
diff --git a/postgres/16-alpine/Dockerfile b/postgres/16-alpine/Dockerfile
index 30cd9a51..cbb070e9 100644
--- a/postgres/16-alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/16-alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:16-alpine
 
 LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.1.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.7.0.Alpha1
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache protobuf-c-dev
 
diff --git a/postgres/16/Dockerfile b/postgres/16/Dockerfile
index 261b21b3..9498b650 100644
--- a/postgres/16/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/16/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:16-bullseye AS build
 
 ARG USE_POSTGIS=true
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.1.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.7.0.Alpha1
 ENV PROTOC_VERSION=1.4
 
 # Install the packages which will be required to get everything to compile
diff --git a/postgres/9.6-alpine/Dockerfile b/postgres/9.6-alpine/Dockerfile
index 7b91267a..e42cefd8 100644
--- a/postgres/9.6-alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/9.6-alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:9.6-alpine
 
 LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.1.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.7.0.Alpha1
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=92b33c7d7c2fccbeb9f79455dafbc92e87e00ddd
 
diff --git a/postgres/9.6/Dockerfile b/postgres/9.6/Dockerfile
index a46dabf2..a66b3677 100644
--- a/postgres/9.6/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/9.6/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:9.6-bullseye AS build
 
 ARG USE_POSTGIS=true
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.1.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.7.0.Alpha1
 ENV PROTOC_VERSION=1.4
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=92b33c7d7c2fccbeb9f79455dafbc92e87e00ddd
diff --git a/server/2.7/Dockerfile b/server/2.7/Dockerfile
index 00b76fc9..e6c9779c 100644
--- a/server/2.7/Dockerfile
+++ b/server/2.7/Dockerfile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
 #
 # Set the version, home directory, and MD5 hash.
 #
-ENV DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.6.0.Final \
+ENV DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.7.0.Alpha1 \
     SERVER_HOME=/debezium \
     MAVEN_REPO_CENTRAL="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2"
 ENV SERVER_URL_PATH=io/debezium/debezium-server-dist/$DEBEZIUM_VERSION/debezium-server-dist-$DEBEZIUM_VERSION.tar.gz \
-    SERVER_MD5=2dec1df9261850626604a58d68eb8462
+    SERVER_MD5=7b80852d6478042ca03a299c768b962c
 
 #
 # Create a directory for Debezium Server
diff --git a/server/snapshot/Dockerfile b/server/snapshot/Dockerfile
index d9c166b8..084495ee 100644
--- a/server/snapshot/Dockerfile
+++ b/server/snapshot/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
 #
 # Set the version, home directory
 #
-ARG DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.6.0-SNAPSHOT
+ARG DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.7.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 ENV DEBEZIUM_VERSION=$DEBEZIUM_VERSION \
     SERVER_HOME=/debezium \
diff --git a/ui/2.7/Dockerfile b/ui/2.7/Dockerfile
index f50b06a7..3f628e00 100644
--- a/ui/2.7/Dockerfile
+++ b/ui/2.7/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal AS builder
 
 ARG JAVA_PACKAGE=java-11-openjdk-devel
-ARG BRANCH=v2.6.0.Final
+ARG BRANCH=v2.7.0.Alpha1
 
 ENV LANG='en_US.UTF-8' \
     LANGUAGE='en_US:en' \