diff --git a/.commitlintrc.yaml b/.commitlintrc.yaml
index d0b3278..67b733c 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 6e233a1..85bcad4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ jobs:
       - docs-sphinx
       - lint-black
       - lint-check-manifest
+      - lint-commitlint
       - lint-dockerfile
       - lint-flake8
       - lint-pydocstyle
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e1f90f4..7e5fc40 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -117,5 +117,5 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.title="reana-workflow-engine-snakemake"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.url="https://github.com/reanahub/reana-workflow-engine-snakemake"
 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/reana_workflow_engine_snakemake/version.py b/reana_workflow_engine_snakemake/version.py
index 0848b4c..4a387f0 100644
--- a/reana_workflow_engine_snakemake/version.py
+++ b/reana_workflow_engine_snakemake/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 a2ee141..0429bfd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pyrsistent==0.20.0        # via jsonschema
 python-dateutil==2.9.0    # via bravado, bravado-core
 pytz==2024.1              # via bravado-core
 pyyaml==6.0.1             # via bravado, bravado-core, reana-commons, snakemake, swagger-spec-validator, yte
-reana-commons[snakemake-reports]==0.9.8  # via reana-workflow-engine-snakemake (setup.py)
+reana-commons[snakemake-reports]==0.95.0a2	# via reana-workflow-engine-snakemake (setup.py)
 requests==2.31.0          # via bravado, bravado-core, snakemake
 reretry==0.11.8           # via snakemake
 rfc3987==1.3.8            # via jsonschema
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1756bd8..6750369 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 = {
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 ]
 
 install_requires = [
-    "reana-commons[snakemake_reports]>=0.9.8,<0.10.0",
+    "reana-commons[snakemake_reports]>=0.95.0a2,<0.96.0",
 ]
 
 packages = find_packages()