diff --git a/contracts/RMRK/core/RMRKCore.sol b/contracts/RMRK/core/RMRKCore.sol
index b35a881c..73b928b8 100644
--- a/contracts/RMRK/core/RMRKCore.sol
+++ b/contracts/RMRK/core/RMRKCore.sol
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pragma solidity ^0.8.21;
  * @dev This is currently just a passthrough contract which allows for granular editing of base-level ERC721 functions.
  */
 contract RMRKCore {
-    string private constant _VERSION = "2.5.0";
+    string private constant _VERSION = "2.5.1";
     bytes4 private constant _RMRK_INTERFACE = 0x524D524B; // "RMRK" in ASCII hex
 
     /**
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0f5166bc..eaa433ab 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@rmrk-team/evm-contracts",
-  "version": "2.5.0",
+  "version": "2.5.1",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "files": [
     "contracts/RMRK/*",