diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 238ac4d4..e05a0c62 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.5.0-rc0 20500000
+2.5.0-rc1 20500010
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index c252ea91..2dd7314f 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 project.versioning.major=2
 project.versioning.minor=5
 project.versioning.patch=0
-project.versioning.build=0
+project.versioning.build=1
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