diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 48cf6f9a..238ac4d4 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.4.0-rc0 20400000
+2.5.0-rc0 20500000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 415ef6ae..c252ea91 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ### Updated by release.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=2
-project.versioning.minor=4
+project.versioning.minor=5
 project.versioning.patch=0
 project.versioning.build=0
 #############################