diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 1b76a2d1d..603dffe85 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.24.1
+current_version = 1.25.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 924aa07a6..2f4ab4546 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ sonar:
   image: hhucn/sonar-scanner
   stage: analysis
   script:
-    - sonar-scanner -D sonar.host.url=https://sonarqube.cs.uni-duesseldorf.de -D sonar.login=$SONARQUBE_LOGIN -D sonar.projectKey=$CI_PROJECT_NAME:$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME -D sonar.projectName=$CI_PROJECT_NAME -D sonar.projectVersion=1.24.1 -D sonar.sources=. -D sonar.python.coverage.reportPath=coverage.xml
+    - sonar-scanner -D sonar.host.url=https://sonarqube.cs.uni-duesseldorf.de -D sonar.login=$SONARQUBE_LOGIN -D sonar.projectKey=$CI_PROJECT_NAME:$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME -D sonar.projectName=$CI_PROJECT_NAME -D sonar.projectVersion=1.25.0 -D sonar.sources=. -D sonar.python.coverage.reportPath=coverage.xml
   only:
     - development
   allow_failure: true
diff --git a/api/swagger-ui/dbas_openapi_v3.yaml b/api/swagger-ui/dbas_openapi_v3.yaml
index 2fec52846..bc313cfb8 100644
--- a/api/swagger-ui/dbas_openapi_v3.yaml
+++ b/api/swagger-ui/dbas_openapi_v3.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ servers:
   - url: 'http://localhost:4284/api'
   - url: 'https://dbas.cs.uni-duesseldorf.de/api'
 info:
-  version: "1.24.1"
+  version: "1.25.0"
   title: D-BAS
 
 paths:
diff --git a/dbas/views/helper.py b/dbas/views/helper.py
index 14dc71b62..ae9928d19 100644
--- a/dbas/views/helper.py
+++ b/dbas/views/helper.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 name = 'D-BAS'
-version = '1.24.1'
+version = '1.25.0'
 full_version = version
 project_name = name + ' ' + full_version
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1c8f56fd9..77c79ffbf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "D-BAS",
-  "version": "1.24.1",
+  "version": "1.25.0",
   "description": "system for dialog-based online argumentation",
   "main": "app.js",
   "repository": "git@github.com:hhucn/dbas",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1d0db2a51..06fbf1dd4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "dbas"
-version = "1.24.1"
+version = "1.25.0"
 description = ""
 authors = ["None"]