diff --git a/.github/release-please/manifest.json b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
index fa33d4c8d7a1..54e19b6e0179 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": "17.0.0",
   "zkstack_cli": "0.1.2"
 }
diff --git a/core/CHANGELOG.md b/core/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ccd261273b1..d35734d7aaa6 100644
--- a/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [25.2.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/core-v25.1.0...core-v25.2.0) (2024-11-08)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **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))
+* **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))
+* **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))
+
 ## [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 4c8f73eda94d..33c3f2a9a396 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