diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index d1c9bdd..72add41 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "jublonet/codebird-php",
     "description" : "A Twitter library in PHP.",
-    "version": "2.5.0-dev",
+    "version": "2.5.0-rc.1",
     "autoload": {
         "classmap": ["src/"]
     },
diff --git a/src/codebird.php b/src/codebird.php
index b5cd823..e66a643 100644
--- a/src/codebird.php
+++ b/src/codebird.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * A Twitter library in PHP.
  *
  * @package codebird
- * @version 2.5.0-dev
+ * @version 2.5.0-rc.1
  * @author Jublo Solutions <support@jublo.net>
  * @copyright 2010-2014 Jublo Solutions <support@jublo.net>
  *
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class Codebird
     /**
      * The current Codebird version
      */
-    protected $_version = '2.5.0-dev';
+    protected $_version = '2.5.0-rc.1';
 
     /**
      * Request timeout