diff --git a/.mvn/maven.config b/.mvn/maven.config
index e92391eb19..acf51640eb 100644
--- a/.mvn/maven.config
+++ b/.mvn/maven.config
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -Daether.trustedChecksumsSource.summaryFile=true
 -Daether.trustedChecksumsSource.summaryFile.basedir=${session.rootDirectory}/.mvn/checksums/
 # post processor: trusted checksums
--Daether.artifactResolver.postProcessor.trustedChecksums=false
+-Daether.artifactResolver.postProcessor.trustedChecksums=true
 -Daether.artifactResolver.postProcessor.trustedChecksums.checksumAlgorithms=SHA-256
 -Daether.artifactResolver.postProcessor.trustedChecksums.failIfMissing=true
 -Daether.artifactResolver.postProcessor.trustedChecksums.snapshots=false
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/eclair-vnext.md b/docs/release-notes/eclair-vnext.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3566257da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/release-notes/eclair-vnext.md
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# Eclair vnext
+
+<insert here a high-level description of the release>
+
+## Major changes
+
+<insert changes>
+
+### Configuration changes
+
+<insert changes>
+
+### API changes
+
+<insert changes>
+
+### Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes
+
+<insert changes>
+
+## Verifying signatures
+
+You will need `gpg` and our release signing key E04E48E72C205463. Note that you can get it:
+
+- from our website: https://acinq.co/pgp/drouinf2.asc
+- from github user @sstone, a committer on eclair: https://api.github.com/users/sstone/gpg_keys
+
+To import our signing key:
+
+```sh
+$ gpg --import drouinf2.asc
+```
+
+To verify the release file checksums and signatures:
+
+```sh
+$ gpg -d SHA256SUMS.asc > SHA256SUMS.stripped
+$ sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.stripped
+```
+
+## Building
+
+Eclair builds are deterministic. To reproduce our builds, please use the following environment (*):
+
+- Ubuntu 24.04.1
+- Adoptium OpenJDK 21.0.6
+
+Then use the following command to generate the eclair-node packages:
+
+```sh
+./mvnw clean install -DskipTests
+```
+
+That should generate `eclair-node/target/eclair-node-<version>-XXXXXXX-bin.zip` with sha256 checksums that match the one we provide and sign in `SHA256SUMS.asc`
+
+(*) You may be able to build the exact same artefacts with other operating systems or versions of JDK 21, we have not tried everything.
+
+## Upgrading
+
+This release is fully compatible with previous eclair versions. You don't need to close your channels, just stop eclair, upgrade and restart.
+
+## Changelog
+
+<fill this section when publishing the release with `git log v0.13.1... --format=oneline --reverse`>
diff --git a/eclair-core/pom.xml b/eclair-core/pom.xml
index 374d1e8bff..0d74be9165 100644
--- a/eclair-core/pom.xml
+++ b/eclair-core/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>fr.acinq.eclair</groupId>
         <artifactId>eclair_2.13</artifactId>
-        <version>0.13.1</version>
+        <version>0.14.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>eclair-core_2.13</artifactId>
diff --git a/eclair-front/pom.xml b/eclair-front/pom.xml
index 79c5936850..4aa1b66c5a 100644
--- a/eclair-front/pom.xml
+++ b/eclair-front/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>fr.acinq.eclair</groupId>
         <artifactId>eclair_2.13</artifactId>
-        <version>0.13.1</version>
+        <version>0.14.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>eclair-front_2.13</artifactId>
diff --git a/eclair-node/pom.xml b/eclair-node/pom.xml
index 7b7af79f8a..851e897bb2 100644
--- a/eclair-node/pom.xml
+++ b/eclair-node/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>fr.acinq.eclair</groupId>
         <artifactId>eclair_2.13</artifactId>
-        <version>0.13.1</version>
+        <version>0.14.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>eclair-node_2.13</artifactId>
diff --git a/eclair-node/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/Boot.scala b/eclair-node/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/Boot.scala
index 7e29046720..1d6c4ec134 100644
--- a/eclair-node/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/Boot.scala
+++ b/eclair-node/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/Boot.scala
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ import scala.util.{Failure, Success}
  */
 object Boot extends App with Logging {
   try {
+    if (!System.getProperty("eclair.allow-unsafe-startup", "false").toBooleanOption.contains(true)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("This version of eclair is unsafe to use: please wait for the next official release to update your node.")
+    }
+
     val datadir = new File(System.getProperty("eclair.datadir", System.getProperty("user.home") + "/.eclair"))
     val config = NodeParams.loadConfiguration(datadir)
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c38c3258ce..63c266d7c8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
     <groupId>fr.acinq.eclair</groupId>
     <artifactId>eclair_2.13</artifactId>
-    <version>0.13.1</version>
+    <version>0.14.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <modules>