diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index feeb9b02ec..a61f9130a2 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Ongoing: GPAC 2.5-DEV
+
+
 #04/2024: GPAC 2.4
 
 ## Emscripten|WebAssembly(WASM) support
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 19af5ceb59..ed5d17ee14 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 # GPAC Introduction
 
-Current version: 2.4
+Current version: 2.5-DEV
 
 Latest Release: 2.4
 
@@ -120,5 +120,6 @@ Targets:
 - [ ] Web GUI
 - [ ] QUIC support
 - [ ] ROUTE file repair support
-- [ ] FLUTE file repair support
+- [ ] FLUTE support
+- [ ] Rust Bindings
 
diff --git a/applications/gpac/ios-Info.plist b/applications/gpac/ios-Info.plist
index 7983d1ab9a..88d2911a36 100644
--- a/applications/gpac/ios-Info.plist
+++ b/applications/gpac/ios-Info.plist
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
 	<string>APPL</string>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-	<string>2.4</string>
+	<string>2.5-DEV</string>
 	<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
 	<string>gpac</string>
 	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8156687259..bc69ec90fd 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-gpac (2.4) stable; urgency=low
+gpac (2.5-DEV) stable; urgency=low
 
   * Initial release - see https://github.com/gpac/gpac/releases for more details
 
diff --git a/gpac.spec b/gpac.spec
index fd9a062060..12d8bfb07c 100644
--- a/gpac.spec
+++ b/gpac.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # $Id: gpac.spec,v 1.5 2008-12-02 18:04:42 jeanlf Exp $
 Summary: Framework for production, encoding, delivery and interactive playback of multimedia content
 Name: gpac
-Version: 2.4
-Release: 2.4
+Version: 2.5-DEV
+Release: 2.5-DEV
 License: LGPL
 Group: Applications/Multimedia
-Source0: gpac-2.4.tar.gz
+Source0: gpac-2.5-DEV.tar.gz
 URL: https://gpac.io/
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-root
 Requires: SDL
diff --git a/include/gpac/version.h b/include/gpac/version.h
index 82667b02ed..14147900a0 100644
--- a/include/gpac/version.h
+++ b/include/gpac/version.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  *			GPAC - Multimedia Framework C SDK
  *
  *			Authors: Jean Le Feuvre
- *			Copyright (c) Telecom ParisTech 2012-2023
+ *			Copyright (c) Telecom ParisTech 2012-2024
  *					All rights reserved
  *
  *  This file is part of GPAC
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
  * SONAME versions must be digits (not strings)
  */
 /*! Macro giving GPAC version name expressed as a printable string*/
-#define GPAC_VERSION          "2.4"
+#define GPAC_VERSION          "2.5-DEV"
 
 // WARNING: when bumping, reflect the changes in share/python/libgpac.py !!
 /*! ABI Major number of libgpac */
diff --git a/packagers/osx/GPAC.app/Contents/Info.plist b/packagers/osx/GPAC.app/Contents/Info.plist
index 26b6772f07..bb3a707992 100644
--- a/packagers/osx/GPAC.app/Contents/Info.plist
+++ b/packagers/osx/GPAC.app/Contents/Info.plist
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@
 		<string>yes</string>
 	</dict>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-	<string>2.4</string>
+	<string>2.5-DEV</string>
 	<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
 	<string>gpac</string>
 	<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
diff --git a/packagers/win32_64/nsis/gpac_installer.nsi b/packagers/win32_64/nsis/gpac_installer.nsi
index dd1bd40c35..d0546b0eb5 100644
--- a/packagers/win32_64/nsis/gpac_installer.nsi
+++ b/packagers/win32_64/nsis/gpac_installer.nsi
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;--------------------------------
 ;General
-!define GPAC_VERSION 2.4
+!define GPAC_VERSION 2.5-DEV
 !include default.out
 
 !define GPAC_ROOT ..\..\..