diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: beastier
 Type: Package
 Title: Call 'BEAST2'
-Version: 2.5
+Version: 2.5.1
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Richèl J.C.", "Bilderbeek", email = "richel@richelbilderbeek.nl", role = c("aut", "cre"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-1107-7049")),
     person("Joëlle", "Barido-Sottani", role = "rev", comment = "Joëlle reviewed the package for rOpenSci, see https://github.com/ropensci/onboarding/issues/209"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -2,6 +2,24 @@
 
 Newest versions at top.
 
+## beastier 2.5.1 (unreleased)
+
+### NEW FEATURES
+
+  * None
+
+### MINOR IMPROVEMENTS
+
+  * None
+
+### BUG FIXES
+
+  * None
+
+### DEPRECATED AND DEFUNCT
+
+  * None
+
 ## beastier 2.5 (2023-11-07)
 
 ### NEW FEATURES