diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a43325925..428119e33 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ allprojects {
     ext.issueUrl = 'https://github.com/' + githubRepoName + '/issues'
     ext.website = 'http://radar-base.org'
 
-    version = "1.2.4"
+    version = "$project_version"
     group = 'org.radarbase'
 
     ext.versionCode = 52
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 10aa7c04f..0302caa2e 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ android.jetifier.ignorelist=jackson-core-2.16.1.jar
 # http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/multi_project_builds.html#sec:decoupled_projects
 # org.gradle.parallel=true
 
+project_version=1.2.5 
+
 java_version=17
 kotlin_version=1.9.23
 gradle_version=8.7