diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index c44a3175..c4c81a60 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.2.4
+current_version = 0.2.5.dev0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 sign_tags = True
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 55a74fcc..8ab3a8e3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 from setuptools.command.sdist import sdist
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-VERSION = "0.2.4"
+VERSION = "0.2.5.dev0"
 
 DESCRIPTION = "A Python plugin for OMERO.web"
 AUTHOR = "The Open Microscopy Team"