diff --git a/.github/release-please/manifest.json b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
index 0c7bc3f5ef03..7e3c7e01ae74 100644
--- a/.github/release-please/manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "core": "25.1.0",
+  "core": "25.2.0",
   "prover": "17.1.0",
   "zkstack_cli": "0.1.2"
 }
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 79c986c7893a..c92a4690e221 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -11678,7 +11678,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zksync_external_node"
-version = "25.1.0"
+version = "25.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_matches",
diff --git a/core/CHANGELOG.md b/core/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ccd261273b1..0ca0a3be025a 100644
--- a/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,30 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [25.2.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/core-v25.1.0...core-v25.2.0) (2024-11-19)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add more metrics for the tee_prover ([#3276](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3276)) ([8b62434](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/8b62434a3b48aea2e66b5dd833f52c58e26969cb))
+* **api-server:** add `yParity` for non-legacy txs ([#3246](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3246)) ([6ea36d1](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/6ea36d14940a19f638512556ccc4c5127150b5c9))
+* **consensus:** fallback json rpc syncing for consensus ([#3211](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3211)) ([726203b](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/726203bab540e3d6ada10b6bc12bd3c09220d895))
+* **contract-verifier:** Adapt contract verifier API for EVM bytecodes ([#3234](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3234)) ([4509179](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/4509179f62ead4b837dfb67760f52de76fac2e37))
+* **contract-verifier:** Support Solidity contracts with EVM bytecode in contract verifier ([#3225](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3225)) ([8a3a82c](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/8a3a82ca16479183e96505bc91011fc07bfc6889))
+* **contract-verifier:** Support Vyper toolchain for EVM bytecodes ([#3251](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3251)) ([75f7db9](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/75f7db9b535b4dee4c6662be609aec996555383c))
+* **en:** Support Merkle tree recovery with pruning enabled ([#3172](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3172)) ([7b8640a](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/7b8640a89fa8666e14934481317c94f07280e591))
+* ProverJobProcessor & circuit prover ([#3287](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3287)) ([98823f9](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/98823f95c0b95feeb37eb9086cc88d4ac5220904))
+* **prover:** Move prover_autoscaler config into crate ([#3222](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3222)) ([1b33b5e](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/1b33b5e9ec04bea0010350798332a90413c482d3))
+* **vm_executor:** Add new histogram metric for gas per tx in vm_executor ([#3215](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3215)) ([3606fc1](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/3606fc1d8f103b4f7174301f9a985ace2b89038d))
+* **vm:** add gateway changes to fast vm ([#3236](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3236)) ([f3a2517](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/f3a2517a132b036ca70bc18aa8ac9f6da1cbc049))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **merkle-tree:** Repair stale keys for tree in background ([#3200](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3200)) ([363b4f0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/363b4f09937496fadeb38857f5c0c73146995ce5))
+* **tracer:** Add error to flat tracer ([#3306](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3306)) ([7c93c47](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/7c93c47916845a90fc5a092e1465567aae611307))
+* use_dummy_inclusion_data condition ([#3244](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3244)) ([6e3c36e](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/6e3c36e6426621bee82399db7814ca6756b613cb))
+* **vm:** Do not require experimental VM config ([#3270](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3270)) ([54e4b00](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/54e4b007b2d32d86b2701b01cd3bef3b3bc97087))
+
 ## [25.1.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/core-v25.0.0...core-v25.1.0) (2024-11-04)
 
 
diff --git a/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml b/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml
index 9979e988bbbb..a69fdf263794 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 = "25.1.0" # x-release-please-version
+version = "25.2.0" # x-release-please-version
 edition.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true