diff --git a/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json b/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
index 6eaf2494..4e110127 100644
--- a/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
+++ b/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-darwin-arm64",
-  "version": "0.34.5",
+  "version": "0.35.0-rc.0",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with macOS 64-bit ARM",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/darwin-x64/package.json b/npm/darwin-x64/package.json
index 609e8057..083e5ba6 100644
--- a/npm/darwin-x64/package.json
+++ b/npm/darwin-x64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-darwin-x64",
-  "version": "0.34.5",
+  "version": "0.35.0-rc.0",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with macOS x64",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/linux-arm/package.json b/npm/linux-arm/package.json
index 68fececd..e5629c46 100644
--- a/npm/linux-arm/package.json
+++ b/npm/linux-arm/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-linux-arm",
-  "version": "0.34.5",
+  "version": "0.35.0-rc.0",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with Linux (glibc) ARM (32-bit)",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/linux-arm64/package.json b/npm/linux-arm64/package.json
index 70a9d094..3997e5b9 100644
--- a/npm/linux-arm64/package.json
+++ b/npm/linux-arm64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-linux-arm64",
-  "version": "0.34.5",
+  "version": "0.35.0-rc.0",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with Linux (glibc) 64-bit ARM",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/linux-ppc64/package.json b/npm/linux-ppc64/package.json
index 5002c603..f7bfbb5d 100644
--- a/npm/linux-ppc64/package.json
+++ b/npm/linux-ppc64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-linux-ppc64",
-  "version": "0.34.5",
+  "version": "0.35.0-rc.0",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with Linux (glibc) ppc64",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/linux-riscv64/package.json b/npm/linux-riscv64/package.json
index c952f1d5..7cb494df 100644
--- a/npm/linux-riscv64/package.json
+++ b/npm/linux-riscv64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-linux-riscv64",
-  "version": "0.34.5",
+  "version": "0.35.0-rc.0",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with Linux (glibc) RISC-V 64-bit",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/linux-s390x/package.json b/npm/linux-s390x/package.json
index 1200c71d..0dc50241 100644
--- a/npm/linux-s390x/package.json
+++ b/npm/linux-s390x/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-linux-s390x",
-  "version": "0.34.5",
+  "version": "0.35.0-rc.0",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with Linux (glibc) s390x",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/linux-x64/package.json b/npm/linux-x64/package.json
index 7d60336e..c1758122 100644
--- a/npm/linux-x64/package.json
+++ b/npm/linux-x64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-linux-x64",
-  "version": "0.34.5",
+  "version": "0.35.0-rc.0",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with Linux (glibc) x64",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/linuxmusl-arm64/package.json b/npm/linuxmusl-arm64/package.json
index c06bb942..fcfe964b 100644
--- a/npm/linuxmusl-arm64/package.json
+++ b/npm/linuxmusl-arm64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-linuxmusl-arm64",
-  "version": "0.34.5",
+  "version": "0.35.0-rc.0",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with Linux (musl) 64-bit ARM",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/linuxmusl-x64/package.json b/npm/linuxmusl-x64/package.json
index 6ac83525..a175bf25 100644
--- a/npm/linuxmusl-x64/package.json
+++ b/npm/linuxmusl-x64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-linuxmusl-x64",
-  "version": "0.34.5",
+  "version": "0.35.0-rc.0",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with Linux (musl) x64",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/package.json b/npm/package.json
index 773daa94..6f6a1dee 100644
--- a/npm/package.json
+++ b/npm/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp",
-  "version": "0.34.5",
+  "version": "0.35.0-rc.0",
   "private": "true",
   "workspaces": [
     "darwin-arm64",
diff --git a/npm/wasm32/package.json b/npm/wasm32/package.json
index 1f645bef..3e47d1cd 100644
--- a/npm/wasm32/package.json
+++ b/npm/wasm32/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-wasm32",
-  "version": "0.34.5",
+  "version": "0.35.0-rc.0",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with wasm32",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/win32-arm64/package.json b/npm/win32-arm64/package.json
index a6783693..431ee1b1 100644
--- a/npm/win32-arm64/package.json
+++ b/npm/win32-arm64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-win32-arm64",
-  "version": "0.34.5",
+  "version": "0.35.0-rc.0",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with Windows 64-bit ARM",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/win32-ia32/package.json b/npm/win32-ia32/package.json
index ec53304d..fe175277 100644
--- a/npm/win32-ia32/package.json
+++ b/npm/win32-ia32/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-win32-ia32",
-  "version": "0.34.5",
+  "version": "0.35.0-rc.0",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with Windows x86 (deprecated)",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/win32-x64/package.json b/npm/win32-x64/package.json
index add64f2d..9463a9ec 100644
--- a/npm/win32-x64/package.json
+++ b/npm/win32-x64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-win32-x64",
-  "version": "0.34.5",
+  "version": "0.35.0-rc.0",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with Windows x64",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0b5a022b..0b23e098 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "sharp",
   "description": "High performance Node.js image processing, the fastest module to resize JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, AVIF and TIFF images",
-  "version": "0.34.5",
+  "version": "0.35.0-rc.0",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
   "contributors": [
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@
     "semver": "^7.7.3"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
-    "@img/sharp-darwin-arm64": "0.34.5",
-    "@img/sharp-darwin-x64": "0.34.5",
+    "@img/sharp-darwin-arm64": "0.35.0-rc.0",
+    "@img/sharp-darwin-x64": "0.35.0-rc.0",
     "@img/sharp-libvips-darwin-arm64": "1.3.0-rc.2",
     "@img/sharp-libvips-darwin-x64": "1.3.0-rc.2",
     "@img/sharp-libvips-linux-arm": "1.3.0-rc.2",
@@ -156,18 +156,18 @@
     "@img/sharp-libvips-linux-x64": "1.3.0-rc.2",
     "@img/sharp-libvips-linuxmusl-arm64": "1.3.0-rc.2",
     "@img/sharp-libvips-linuxmusl-x64": "1.3.0-rc.2",
-    "@img/sharp-linux-arm": "0.34.5",
-    "@img/sharp-linux-arm64": "0.34.5",
-    "@img/sharp-linux-ppc64": "0.34.5",
-    "@img/sharp-linux-riscv64": "0.34.5",
-    "@img/sharp-linux-s390x": "0.34.5",
-    "@img/sharp-linux-x64": "0.34.5",
-    "@img/sharp-linuxmusl-arm64": "0.34.5",
-    "@img/sharp-linuxmusl-x64": "0.34.5",
-    "@img/sharp-wasm32": "0.34.5",
-    "@img/sharp-win32-arm64": "0.34.5",
-    "@img/sharp-win32-ia32": "0.34.5",
-    "@img/sharp-win32-x64": "0.34.5"
+    "@img/sharp-linux-arm": "0.35.0-rc.0",
+    "@img/sharp-linux-arm64": "0.35.0-rc.0",
+    "@img/sharp-linux-ppc64": "0.35.0-rc.0",
+    "@img/sharp-linux-riscv64": "0.35.0-rc.0",
+    "@img/sharp-linux-s390x": "0.35.0-rc.0",
+    "@img/sharp-linux-x64": "0.35.0-rc.0",
+    "@img/sharp-linuxmusl-arm64": "0.35.0-rc.0",
+    "@img/sharp-linuxmusl-x64": "0.35.0-rc.0",
+    "@img/sharp-wasm32": "0.35.0-rc.0",
+    "@img/sharp-win32-arm64": "0.35.0-rc.0",
+    "@img/sharp-win32-ia32": "0.35.0-rc.0",
+    "@img/sharp-win32-x64": "0.35.0-rc.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@biomejs/biome": "^2.3.10",