diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index d9e4a2831..b9b8f9653 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.5.0
+current_version = 2.5.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/scrapy/VERSION b/scrapy/VERSION
index 437459cd9..73462a5a1 100644
--- a/scrapy/VERSION
+++ b/scrapy/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.5.0
+2.5.1