diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 72f2049b05..2c0eec2660 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+# [5.4.0-rc.1](https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic/compare/v5.3.5...v5.4.0-rc.1) (2020-10-08)
+
+> This version is dedicated to our upcoming Ionic Vue release.
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **vue:** correctly handle query params ([#22253](https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic/issues/22253)) ([6849dd3](https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic/commit/6849dd3483fb90aac1ff19834390a652c59a74de)), closes [#22229](https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic/issues/22229)
+* **vue:** correctly show ion-back-button when going back ([#22260](https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic/issues/22260)) ([39d2530](https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic/commit/39d2530427b1cd86975fc95ab2c8da9f4b0b27b3)), closes [#22217](https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic/issues/22217)
+* **vue:** hide layout shift on ion-page components ([#22254](https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic/issues/22254)) ([2bad1bb](https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic/commit/2bad1bb82e0fa3fe9e3db54403565d210f636120)), closes [#22052](https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic/issues/22052)
+* **vue:** ion-tab-bar no longer throws undefined error when re-creating tabs ([#22261](https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic/issues/22261)) ([d746561](https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic/commit/d746561ea29e61db2cfb55d2765b5548fd8b5a78)), closes [#22255](https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic/issues/22255)
+
+### Upgrade Steps
+
+```
+npm install @ionic/vue@5.4.0-rc.1 @ionic/vue-router@5.4.0-rc.1 --save-exact
+```
+
+### New to Ionic Vue?
+
+Check out our [Quickstart Guide](https://ionicframework.com/docs/vue/quickstart) to get up and running. Then be sure to check out our [Building Your First App Guide](https://ionicframework.com/docs/vue/your-first-app) to learn how build a cross platform Ionic Vue application from start to finish!
+
+
+
 ## [5.3.5](https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic/compare/v5.3.4...v5.3.5) (2020-10-07)
 
 
diff --git a/angular/package-lock.json b/angular/package-lock.json
index f97916ccea..dba37aa06a 100644
--- a/angular/package-lock.json
+++ b/angular/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ionic/angular",
-  "version": "5.3.5",
+  "version": "5.4.0-rc.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@
       }
     },
     "@ionic/core": {
-      "version": "5.3.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@ionic/core/-/core-5.3.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-4UVzj+Vd7o0VJ06dReG01PvttnLLPSzUVgXSYMBKKR849Pvuh5Q9t5s4GEEQgGoxhv1S6Ai+zphWGFMvviOyfw==",
+      "version": "5.3.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@ionic/core/-/core-5.3.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Zk9Jaoupr+WrlTwuUrdrkFcnlU/8Z+e1lFCfwDH7nzbGjRgO5QLAqooW9GW4hBLQQFBeMArXX1VjmY7f4G5bMg==",
       "requires": {
         "ionicons": "^5.1.2",
         "tslib": "^1.10.0"
@@ -1640,9 +1640,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "ionicons": {
-      "version": "5.2.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ionicons/-/ionicons-5.2.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-dtw4rR7Sr2ssGHRrkTMESQ/p4gwovmHgafKvZsEeMjb712xjBOD3YSycy5kofS5RusU/IFVog8693BZiJ0ELzA=="
+      "version": "5.2.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ionicons/-/ionicons-5.2.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-87qtgBkieKVFagwYA9Cf91B3PCahQbEOMwMt8bSvlQSgflZ4eE5qI4MGj2ZlIyadeX0dgo+0CzZsy3ow0CsBAg=="
     },
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diff --git a/angular/package.json b/angular/package.json
index 7e2a827b6b..165a68f5f8 100644
--- a/angular/package.json
+++ b/angular/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ionic/angular",
-  "version": "5.3.5",
+  "version": "5.4.0-rc.1",
   "description": "Angular specific wrappers for @ionic/core",
   "keywords": [
     "ionic",
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     "validate": "npm i && npm run lint && npm run test && npm run build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@ionic/core": "5.3.5",
+    "@ionic/core": "5.4.0-rc.1",
     "tslib": "^1.9.3"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
diff --git a/core/package-lock.json b/core/package-lock.json
index 7661deed56..7f857898f0 100644
--- a/core/package-lock.json
+++ b/core/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ionic/core",
-  "version": "5.3.5",
+  "version": "5.4.0-rc.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/core/package.json b/core/package.json
index 3f270a3e15..37413971c6 100644
--- a/core/package.json
+++ b/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ionic/core",
-  "version": "5.3.5",
+  "version": "5.4.0-rc.1",
   "description": "Base components for Ionic",
   "keywords": [
     "ionic",
diff --git a/docs/package.json b/docs/package.json
index b543621f7c..bba59545f4 100644
--- a/docs/package.json
+++ b/docs/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ionic/docs",
-  "version": "5.3.5",
+  "version": "5.4.0-rc.1",
   "description": "Pre-packaged API documentation for the Ionic docs.",
   "main": "core.json",
   "types": "core.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/angular-server/package-lock.json b/packages/angular-server/package-lock.json
index 05cf8e9d98..09bbf5fa9c 100644
--- a/packages/angular-server/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/angular-server/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ionic/angular-server",
-  "version": "5.3.5",
+  "version": "5.4.0-rc.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@
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     },
     "@ionic/core": {
-      "version": "5.3.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@ionic/core/-/core-5.3.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-4UVzj+Vd7o0VJ06dReG01PvttnLLPSzUVgXSYMBKKR849Pvuh5Q9t5s4GEEQgGoxhv1S6Ai+zphWGFMvviOyfw==",
+      "version": "5.3.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@ionic/core/-/core-5.3.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Zk9Jaoupr+WrlTwuUrdrkFcnlU/8Z+e1lFCfwDH7nzbGjRgO5QLAqooW9GW4hBLQQFBeMArXX1VjmY7f4G5bMg==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "ionicons": "^5.1.2",
@@ -1999,9 +1999,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "ionicons": {
-      "version": "5.2.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ionicons/-/ionicons-5.2.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-dtw4rR7Sr2ssGHRrkTMESQ/p4gwovmHgafKvZsEeMjb712xjBOD3YSycy5kofS5RusU/IFVog8693BZiJ0ELzA==",
+      "version": "5.2.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ionicons/-/ionicons-5.2.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-87qtgBkieKVFagwYA9Cf91B3PCahQbEOMwMt8bSvlQSgflZ4eE5qI4MGj2ZlIyadeX0dgo+0CzZsy3ow0CsBAg==",
       "dev": true
     },
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diff --git a/packages/angular-server/package.json b/packages/angular-server/package.json
index bc379ec6fb..c2b79a4104 100644
--- a/packages/angular-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/angular-server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ionic/angular-server",
-  "version": "5.3.5",
+  "version": "5.4.0-rc.1",
   "description": "Angular SSR Module for Ionic",
   "keywords": [
     "ionic",
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "@angular/core": "8.2.13",
     "@angular/platform-browser": "8.2.13",
     "@angular/platform-server": "8.2.13",
-    "@ionic/core": "5.3.5",
+    "@ionic/core": "5.4.0-rc.1",
     "ng-packagr": "5.7.1",
     "tslint": "^5.12.1",
     "tslint-ionic-rules": "0.0.21",
diff --git a/packages/react-router/package.json b/packages/react-router/package.json
index fb75afb186..e96d27a381 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-router/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ionic/react-router",
-  "version": "5.3.5",
+  "version": "5.4.0-rc.1",
   "description": "React Router wrapper for @ionic/react",
   "keywords": [
     "ionic",
@@ -39,16 +39,16 @@
     "tslib": "*"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@ionic/core": "5.3.5",
-    "@ionic/react": "5.3.5",
+    "@ionic/core": "5.4.0-rc.1",
+    "@ionic/react": "5.4.0-rc.1",
     "react": "^16.8.6",
     "react-dom": "^16.8.6",
     "react-router": "^5.0.1",
     "react-router-dom": "^5.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@ionic/core": "5.3.5",
-    "@ionic/react": "5.3.5",
+    "@ionic/core": "5.4.0-rc.1",
+    "@ionic/react": "5.4.0-rc.1",
     "@rollup/plugin-node-resolve": "^8.1.0",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.11.0",
     "@testing-library/react": "^10.4.9",
diff --git a/packages/react/package.json b/packages/react/package.json
index 166befdf92..8371f565d7 100644
--- a/packages/react/package.json
+++ b/packages/react/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ionic/react",
-  "version": "5.3.5",
+  "version": "5.4.0-rc.1",
   "description": "React specific wrapper for @ionic/core",
   "keywords": [
     "ionic",
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "css/"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "@ionic/core": "5.3.5",
+    "@ionic/core": "5.4.0-rc.1",
     "ionicons": "^5.1.2",
     "tslib": "*"
   },
diff --git a/packages/vue-router/package-lock.json b/packages/vue-router/package-lock.json
index 23b5cf28d7..e2e7facae7 100644
--- a/packages/vue-router/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/vue-router/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ionic/vue-router",
-  "version": "0.5.2",
+  "version": "5.4.0-rc.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -404,9 +404,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@ionic/core/-/core-0.5.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-b88j4l40Ew4T0eZDh4PMvvvJzYP9lNmDwdTQ8Xoeya+etXDBuyNcFJNOtzmHEN9nnniDNEO0UAWbSJPim1PZ1g==",
+      "version": "0.5.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@ionic/core/-/core-0.5.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-QCoYMPxzZvla/LLh/3bpz9dhI1y3mmf4KENdwbLcx01e+R7G7726g1PKVuWXMcTTKjkyxO9I938j61NudaP7wg==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
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@@ -414,12 +414,12 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@ionic/vue/-/vue-0.5.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-rcj1L3tknrpodD9ChNoQqK4SGGmTH5hJ/bAwCZpq5NYiHMgdYuh8Fiq6TO6VfOHiHaH1mqZcnpg7AUXy++J4Mg==",
+      "version": "0.5.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@ionic/vue/-/vue-0.5.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-8qKiwJftTKMICa1SRcczVLGLJRcSmC3JoM6vutK7hWHI3YCgifeBp/DiwTz3Z+vzXeRPXOdPbnzmgSRd0Jsm9A==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
-        "@ionic/core": "0.5.1",
+        "@ionic/core": "0.5.2",
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     },
@@ -2484,9 +2484,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ionicons/-/ionicons-5.1.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-zO7ZgbBbXhpA7cXO2rDzTNdcCqErjg1Sprq/ossTvaiV0MriOjRE7JO3EGvYjDTPzF9YALGpvLXqCgsRT0tprA==",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ionicons/-/ionicons-5.2.3.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tslib/-/tslib-1.14.0.tgz",
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diff --git a/packages/vue-router/package.json b/packages/vue-router/package.json
index 4a02195ae4..a6364020ec 100644
--- a/packages/vue-router/package.json
+++ b/packages/vue-router/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ionic/vue-router",
-  "version": "0.5.2",
+  "version": "5.4.0-rc.1",
   "description": "Vue Router integration for @ionic/vue",
   "scripts": {
     "test.spec": "jest",
diff --git a/packages/vue/package-lock.json b/packages/vue/package-lock.json
index 68ada2bb5e..ff775e059b 100644
--- a/packages/vue/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/vue/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ionic/vue",
-  "version": "0.5.2",
+  "version": "5.4.0-rc.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@ionic/core/-/core-0.5.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-b88j4l40Ew4T0eZDh4PMvvvJzYP9lNmDwdTQ8Xoeya+etXDBuyNcFJNOtzmHEN9nnniDNEO0UAWbSJPim1PZ1g==",
+      "version": "0.5.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@ionic/core/-/core-0.5.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-QCoYMPxzZvla/LLh/3bpz9dhI1y3mmf4KENdwbLcx01e+R7G7726g1PKVuWXMcTTKjkyxO9I938j61NudaP7wg==",
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         "tslib": "^1.10.0"
@@ -446,9 +446,9 @@
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     },
     "tslib": {
-      "version": "1.13.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tslib/-/tslib-1.13.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-i/6DQjL8Xf3be4K/E6Wgpekn5Qasl1usyw++dAA35Ue5orEn65VIxOA+YvNNl9HV3qv70T7CNwjODHZrLwvd1Q=="
+      "version": "1.14.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tslib/-/tslib-1.14.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-+Zw5lu0D9tvBMjGP8LpvMb0u2WW2QV3y+D8mO6J+cNzCYIN4sVy43Bf9vl92nqFahutN0I8zHa7cc4vihIshnw=="
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     "typescript": {
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diff --git a/packages/vue/package.json b/packages/vue/package.json
index b4366db060..3741299dcb 100644
--- a/packages/vue/package.json
+++ b/packages/vue/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ionic/vue",
-  "version": "0.5.2",
+  "version": "5.4.0-rc.1",
   "description": "Vue specific wrapper for @ionic/core",
   "scripts": {
     "lint": "echo add linter",
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     "vue-router": "^4.0.0-beta.11"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@ionic/core": "0.5.2",
+    "@ionic/core": "5.4.0-rc.1",
     "ionicons": "^5.1.2"
   }
 }