diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 2642609a..86a6174f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: CI Build
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ main, 2.3.x, 2.2.x, 2.1.x, 2.0.x, 1.5.x ]
+    branches: [ main, 2.5.x, 2.4.x, 2.3.x, 2.2.x, 2.1.x, 2.0.x, 1.5.x ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3ad72174..5d9875cc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.hateoas</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-hateoas</artifactId>
-	<version>2.5.0</version>
+	<version>2.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>Spring HATEOAS</name>
 	<url>https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-hateoas</url>
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@
 		<url>https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-hateoas</url>
 		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/spring-projects/spring-hateoas.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com:spring-projects/spring-hateoas.git</developerConnection>
-		<tag>2.5.0</tag>
+		<tag>2.5.x</tag>
 	</scm>
 
 	<repositories>