diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index db78aa12e..b243d0a60 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.24.0
+current_version = 0.25.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/scrapy/VERSION b/scrapy/VERSION
index 2094a100c..d21d277be 100644
--- a/scrapy/VERSION
+++ b/scrapy/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.24.0
+0.25.0