diff --git a/version.sbt b/version.sbt
index 70c132983..f35e043aa 100644
--- a/version.sbt
+++ b/version.sbt
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ gitHeadCommitSha in ThisBuild := scala.sys.process.Process("git rev-parse --shor
 
 // *** IMPORTANT ***
 // One of the two "version" lines below needs to be uncommented.
-// ThisBuild / version := "2.3.0" // the release version
-ThisBuild / version := s"2.3.1-${gitHeadCommitSha.value}-SNAPSHOT" // the snapshot version
+ThisBuild / version := "2.4.0" // the release version
+// ThisBuild / version := s"2.5.0-${gitHeadCommitSha.value}-SNAPSHOT" // the snapshot version