diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index be32693ee55..8e5244cee03 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 We follow the CalVer (https://calver.org/) versioning scheme: YY.MINOR.MICRO.
 
+25.01.0 (2025-01-21)
+====================
+
+- Institutional Access Curator - BE Release
+
 24.11.0 (2024-12-11)
 ====================
 - Institutional Dashboard Project Bugfix Release
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fba6f9fe0b7..23dc969fd41 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "OSF",
-  "version": "24.11.0",
+  "version": "25.01.0",
   "description": "Facilitating Open Science",
   "repository": "https://github.com/CenterForOpenScience/osf.io",
   "author": "Center for Open Science",