diff --git a/scripts/profiles/Neo4jv5-continue-on-scan-errors.sh b/scripts/profiles/Neo4jv5-continue-on-scan-errors.sh
index a14645c5c..0485a6887 100755
--- a/scripts/profiles/Neo4jv5-continue-on-scan-errors.sh
+++ b/scripts/profiles/Neo4jv5-continue-on-scan-errors.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION=${NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION:-"2.15.0"} # Version 2.4.0 i
 NEO4J_OPEN_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION=${NEO4J_OPEN_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION:-"2.13.4"} # Open package variant of the graph-data-science plugin for Neo4j (https://github.com/JohT/open-graph-data-science-packaging). Since version 2.4. compatible with Neo4j 5.x.
 NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_EDITION=${NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_EDITION:-"open"} # Graph Data Science Plugin Edition: "open" for OpenGDS, "full" for the full version with Neo4j license
 
-JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION:-"2.7.0-M1"} # Version number of the jQAssistant command line interface. Version 1.12.2 is compatible with Neo4j v4
+JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION:-"2.7.0-RC1"} # Version number of the jQAssistant command line interface. Version 1.12.2 is compatible with Neo4j v4
 JQASSISTANT_CLI_ARTIFACT=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_ARTIFACT:-"jqassistant-commandline-neo4jv5"}
 JQASSISTANT_CONFIG_TEMPLATE=${JQASSISTANT_CONFIG_TEMPLATE:-"template-neo4jv5-jqassistant-continue-on-error.yaml"} # Name of the template file for the jqassistant configuration
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diff --git a/scripts/profiles/Neo4jv5-low-memory.sh b/scripts/profiles/Neo4jv5-low-memory.sh
index b40e818d0..39ca1cec6 100755
--- a/scripts/profiles/Neo4jv5-low-memory.sh
+++ b/scripts/profiles/Neo4jv5-low-memory.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION=${NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION:-"2.15.0"} # Version 2.4.0 i
 NEO4J_OPEN_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION=${NEO4J_OPEN_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION:-"2.13.4"} # Open package variant of the graph-data-science plugin for Neo4j (https://github.com/JohT/open-graph-data-science-packaging). Since version 2.4. compatible with Neo4j 5.x.
 NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_EDITION=${NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_EDITION:-"open"} # Graph Data Science Plugin Edition: "open" for OpenGDS, "full" for the full version with Neo4j license
 
-JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION:-"2.7.0-M1"} # Version number of the jQAssistant command line interface. Version 1.12.2 is compatible with Neo4j v4
+JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION:-"2.7.0-RC1"} # Version number of the jQAssistant command line interface. Version 1.12.2 is compatible with Neo4j v4
 JQASSISTANT_CLI_ARTIFACT=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_ARTIFACT:-"jqassistant-commandline-neo4jv5"}
 JQASSISTANT_CONFIG_TEMPLATE=${JQASSISTANT_CONFIG_TEMPLATE:-"template-neo4jv5-jqassistant.yaml"} # Name of the template file for the jqassistant configuration
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diff --git a/scripts/profiles/Neo4jv5.sh b/scripts/profiles/Neo4jv5.sh
index ef88accd0..1de7daf81 100755
--- a/scripts/profiles/Neo4jv5.sh
+++ b/scripts/profiles/Neo4jv5.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION=${NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION:-"2.15.0"} # Version 2.4.0 i
 NEO4J_OPEN_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION=${NEO4J_OPEN_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION:-"2.13.4"} # Open package variant of the graph-data-science plugin for Neo4j (https://github.com/JohT/open-graph-data-science-packaging). Since version 2.4. compatible with Neo4j 5.x.
 NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_EDITION=${NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_EDITION:-"open"} # Graph Data Science Plugin Edition: "open" for OpenGDS, "full" for the full version with Neo4j license
 
-JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION:-"2.7.0-M1"} # Version number of the jQAssistant command line interface. Version 1.12.2 is compatible with Neo4j v4
+JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION:-"2.7.0-RC1"} # Version number of the jQAssistant command line interface. Version 1.12.2 is compatible with Neo4j v4
 JQASSISTANT_CLI_ARTIFACT=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_ARTIFACT:-"jqassistant-commandline-neo4jv5"}
 JQASSISTANT_CONFIG_TEMPLATE=${JQASSISTANT_CONFIG_TEMPLATE:-"template-neo4jv5-jqassistant.yaml"} # Name of the template file for the jqassistant configuration
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diff --git a/scripts/resetAndScan.sh b/scripts/resetAndScan.sh
index 520a1a2de..5aaf56b32 100755
--- a/scripts/resetAndScan.sh
+++ b/scripts/resetAndScan.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # Fail on any error ("-e" = exit on first error, "-o pipefail" exist on errors within piped commands)
 set -o errexit -o pipefail
 
-JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION:-"2.7.0-M1"} # Version number of the jQAssistant command line interface. Version 1.12.2 is compatible with Neo4j v4
+JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION:-"2.7.0-RC1"} # Version number of the jQAssistant command line interface. Version 1.12.2 is compatible with Neo4j v4
 JQASSISTANT_CLI_ARTIFACT=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_ARTIFACT:-"jqassistant-commandline-neo4jv5"} # Name of the jQAssistant Maven artifact
 JQASSISTANT_CONFIG_TEMPLATE=${JQASSISTANT_CONFIG_TEMPLATE:-"template-neo4jv5-jqassistant.yaml"} #  Neo4j v5: "template-neo4jv5-jqassistant.yaml", Neo4j v4: "template-neo4jv4-jqassistant.yaml"
 
diff --git a/scripts/setupJQAssistant.sh b/scripts/setupJQAssistant.sh
index 52dd903fe..2f7caf5bc 100755
--- a/scripts/setupJQAssistant.sh
+++ b/scripts/setupJQAssistant.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # Fail on any error ("-e" = exit on first error, "-o pipefail" exist on errors within piped commands)
 set -o errexit -o pipefail
 
-JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION:-"2.7.0-M1"} # Version number of the jQAssistant command line interface. Version 1.12.2 is compatible with Neo4j v4
+JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION:-"2.7.0-RC1"} # Version number of the jQAssistant command line interface. Version 1.12.2 is compatible with Neo4j v4
 JQASSISTANT_CLI_DOWNLOAD_URL=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_DOWNLOAD_URL:-"https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/buschmais/jqassistant/cli"} # Download URL for the jQAssistant CLI
 JQASSISTANT_CLI_ARTIFACT=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_ARTIFACT:-"jqassistant-commandline-neo4jv5"}
 JQASSISTANT_CLI_DISTRIBUTION=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_DISTRIBUTION:-"distribution.zip"} #  Neo4j v5 & v4: "distribution.zip"