diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 4f8f76fab..ee4254176 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -46,16 +46,16 @@ const char *GetVersionString();
 #ifdef GIT_DESCRIPTION
 #define VERSIONSTR GIT_DESCRIPTION
 #else
-#define VERSIONSTR "2.3pre"
+#define VERSIONSTR "2.5pre"
 #endif
 
 // The version as seen in the Windows resource
-#define RC_FILEVERSION 2,3,9999,0
-#define RC_PRODUCTVERSION 2,3,9999,0
+#define RC_FILEVERSION 2,4,9999,0
+#define RC_PRODUCTVERSION 2,4,9999,0
 #define RC_PRODUCTVERSION2 VERSIONSTR
 // These are for content versioning. The current state is '2.4'.
 #define VER_MAJOR 2
-#define VER_MINOR 4
+#define VER_MINOR 5
 #define VER_REVISION 0
 
 // Version identifier for network games.