diff --git a/.github/release-please/manifest.json b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
index a56866a8bd73..a0d1d73bddaf 100644
--- a/.github/release-please/manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "core": "24.29.0",
+  "core": "25.0.0",
   "prover": "16.5.0",
   "zkstack_cli": "0.1.2"
 }
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 05c26a748347..7e4cad34cf8f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -10220,7 +10220,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zksync_external_node"
-version = "24.29.0"
+version = "25.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_matches",
diff --git a/core/CHANGELOG.md b/core/CHANGELOG.md
index 59b49af15540..56239303cd4e 100644
--- a/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,40 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [25.0.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/core-v24.29.0...core-v25.0.0) (2024-10-23)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **contracts:** integrate protocol defense changes ([#2737](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2737))
+
+### Features
+
+* Add CoinMarketCap external API ([#2971](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2971)) ([c1cb30e](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/c1cb30e59ca1d0b5fea5fe0980082aea0eb04aa2))
+* **api:** Implement eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas ([#3135](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3135)) ([35e84cc](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/35e84cc03a7fdd315932fb3020fe41c95a6e4bca))
+* **api:** Make acceptable values cache lag configurable ([#3028](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3028)) ([6747529](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/67475292ff770d2edd6884be27f976a4144778ae))
+* **contracts:** integrate protocol defense changes ([#2737](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2737)) ([c60a348](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/c60a3482ee09b3e371163e62f49e83bc6d6f4548))
+* **external-node:** save protocol version before opening a batch ([#3136](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3136)) ([d6de4f4](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/d6de4f40ddce339c760c95e2bf4b8aceb571af7f))
+* Prover e2e test ([#2975](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2975)) ([0edd796](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/0edd7962429b3530ae751bd7cc947c97193dd0ca))
+* **prover:** Add min_provers and dry_run features. Improve metrics and test. ([#3129](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3129)) ([7c28964](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/7c289649b7b3c418c7193a35b51c264cf4970f3c))
+* **tee_verifier:** speedup SQL query for new jobs ([#3133](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3133)) ([30ceee8](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/30ceee8a48046e349ff0234ebb24d468a0e0876c))
+* vm2 tracers can access storage ([#3114](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3114)) ([e466b52](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/e466b52948e3c4ed1cb5af4fd999a52028e4d216))
+* **vm:** Return compressed bytecodes from `push_transaction()` ([#3126](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3126)) ([37f209f](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/37f209fec8e7cb65c0e60003d46b9ea69c43caf1))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **call_tracer:** Flat call tracer fixes for blocks ([#3095](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3095)) ([30ddb29](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/30ddb292977340beab37a81f75c35480cbdd59d3))
+* **consensus:** preventing config update reverts ([#3148](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3148)) ([caee55f](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/caee55fef4eed0ec58cceaeba277bbdedf5c6f51))
+* **en:** Return `SyncState` health check ([#3142](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3142)) ([abeee81](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/abeee8190d3c3a5e577d71024bdfb30ff516ad03))
+* **external-node:** delete empty unsealed batch on EN initialization ([#3125](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3125)) ([5d5214b](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/5d5214ba983823b306495d34fdd1d46abacce07a))
+* Fix counter metric type to be Counter. ([#3153](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3153)) ([08a3fe7](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/08a3fe7ffd0410c51334193068649905337d5e84))
+* **mempool:** minor mempool improvements ([#3113](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3113)) ([cd16083](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/cd160830a0b7ebe5af4ecbd944da1cd51af3528a))
+* **prover:** Run for zero queue to allow scaling down to 0 ([#3115](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3115)) ([bbe1919](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/bbe191937fa5c5711a7164fd4f0c2ae65cda0833))
+* restore instruction count functionality ([#3081](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3081)) ([6159f75](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/6159f7531a0340a69c4926c4e0325811ed7cabb8))
+* **state-keeper:** save call trace for upgrade txs ([#3132](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3132)) ([e1c363f](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/e1c363f8f5e03c8d62bba1523f17b87d6a0e25ad))
+* **tee_prover:** add zstd compression ([#3144](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3144)) ([7241ae1](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/7241ae139b2b6bf9a9966eaa2f22203583a3786f))
+* **tee_verifier:** correctly initialize storage for re-execution ([#3017](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3017)) ([9d88373](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/9d88373f1b745c489e98e5ef542644a70e815498))
+
 ## [24.29.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/core-v24.28.0...core-v24.29.0) (2024-10-14)
 
 
diff --git a/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml b/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml
index 25f2400c79bb..4e3dc548cf89 100644
--- a/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "zksync_external_node"
 description = "Non-validator ZKsync node"
-version = "24.29.0" # x-release-please-version
+version = "25.0.0" # x-release-please-version
 edition.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true