diff --git a/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/java/com/codename1/initializr/model/GeneratorModel.java b/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/java/com/codename1/initializr/model/GeneratorModel.java
index 6b6f1b2439d..27f89917f8f 100644
--- a/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/java/com/codename1/initializr/model/GeneratorModel.java
+++ b/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/java/com/codename1/initializr/model/GeneratorModel.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 import static com.codename1.ui.CN.*;
 
 public class GeneratorModel {
-    private static final String CN1_PLUGIN_VERSION = "7.0.279";
+    private static final String CN1_PLUGIN_VERSION = "7.0.280";
     /// Whether the Codename One Gradle plugin is published at [CN1_PLUGIN_VERSION].
     /// A Gradle download resolves the plugin by that version, so until a release
     /// carrying the plugin is what the initializr generates against, a Gradle
diff --git a/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/backend-only-pom.xml b/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/backend-only-pom.xml
index 63c9822b4e3..cdf5c8e7fa5 100644
--- a/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/backend-only-pom.xml
+++ b/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/backend-only-pom.xml
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
     than a crash at start-up.
   -->
   <properties>
-    <cn1.plugin.version>7.0.279</cn1.plugin.version>
-    <cn1.version>7.0.279</cn1.version>
+    <cn1.plugin.version>7.0.280</cn1.plugin.version>
+    <cn1.version>7.0.280</cn1.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <!-- The native build translates class files of this level. -->
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
diff --git a/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/common.zip b/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/common.zip
index 1c657d39f51..8e7986553a8 100644
Binary files a/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/common.zip and b/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/common.zip differ
diff --git a/scripts/initializr/common/src/test/java/com/codename1/initializr/model/GeneratorModelMatrixTest.java b/scripts/initializr/common/src/test/java/com/codename1/initializr/model/GeneratorModelMatrixTest.java
index fc14f7c7253..982382694c8 100644
--- a/scripts/initializr/common/src/test/java/com/codename1/initializr/model/GeneratorModelMatrixTest.java
+++ b/scripts/initializr/common/src/test/java/com/codename1/initializr/model/GeneratorModelMatrixTest.java
@@ -1589,9 +1589,9 @@ private void assertRootPom(Map<String, byte[]> entries, String packageName, Stri
         String pom = getText(entries, "pom.xml");
         assertContains(pom, packageName, "Root pom should include package as groupId");
         assertContains(pom, GeneratorModel.toLowerCaseInvariant(mainClassName), "Root pom should include app artifact/name");
-        assertContains(pom, "<cn1.plugin.version>7.0.279</cn1.plugin.version>",
+        assertContains(pom, "<cn1.plugin.version>7.0.280</cn1.plugin.version>",
                 "Root pom should use current CN1 plugin version");
-        assertContains(pom, "<cn1.version>7.0.279</cn1.version>",
+        assertContains(pom, "<cn1.version>7.0.280</cn1.version>",
                 "Root pom should align CN1 runtime version with plugin version");
         assertFalse(pom.indexOf("com.example.myapp") >= 0, "Root pom still contains placeholder package");
         assertFalse(pom.indexOf("myappname") >= 0, "Root pom still contains placeholder app name");
diff --git a/scripts/initializr/pom.xml b/scripts/initializr/pom.xml
index 0d1fac16f58..f293fff5775 100644
--- a/scripts/initializr/pom.xml
+++ b/scripts/initializr/pom.xml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 <module>common</module>
 </modules>
   <properties>
-    <cn1.version>7.0.279</cn1.version>
-    <cn1.plugin.version>7.0.279</cn1.plugin.version>
+    <cn1.version>7.0.280</cn1.version>
+    <cn1.plugin.version>7.0.280</cn1.plugin.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <java.version>1.8</java.version>
     <java-tests.version>11</java-tests.version>