diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e05a0c62..dd134cc4 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.5.0-rc1 20500010
+2.5.1-rc0 20501000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 2dd7314f..29f301c4 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ### Updated by release.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=2
 project.versioning.minor=5
-project.versioning.patch=0
-project.versioning.build=1
+project.versioning.patch=1
+project.versioning.build=0
 #############################