diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4c62b984aa188b2c736bc3b33b29cc44ffa14d44..8ff30ad6302bd23a751c26e2cbc92f29b58c223c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>de.thm.arsnova</groupId>
 	<artifactId>arsnova-backend</artifactId>
-	<version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 
 	<properties>