diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 08a496977505f6150492cab58ce2c06228c353d9..ebcabe99cb591e62aefa62c4814189a32ee290b3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5.1)
 
 set(PACKAGE_NAME      "grpc")
-set(PACKAGE_VERSION   "1.24.0-dev")
+set(PACKAGE_VERSION   "1.25.0-dev")
 set(PACKAGE_STRING    "${PACKAGE_NAME} ${PACKAGE_VERSION}")
 set(PACKAGE_TARNAME   "${PACKAGE_NAME}-${PACKAGE_VERSION}")
 set(PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "https://github.com/grpc/grpc/issues/")
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b24a27acfe6a75b4c76c45b9b3659582e3c6020a..f73924257f847202a19b95941898aab07cb122fa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -461,8 +461,8 @@ Q = @
 endif
 
 CORE_VERSION = 8.0.0
-CPP_VERSION = 1.24.0-dev
-CSHARP_VERSION = 2.24.0-dev
+CPP_VERSION = 1.25.0-dev
+CSHARP_VERSION = 2.25.0-dev
 
 CPPFLAGS_NO_ARCH += $(addprefix -I, $(INCLUDES)) $(addprefix -D, $(DEFINES))
 CPPFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS_NO_ARCH) $(ARCH_FLAGS)
diff --git a/gRPC-C++.podspec b/gRPC-C++.podspec
index 881e8959651357b57d149406d9640bca094a9c4b..30cb9ce1de9b9e5a90348c06cda72f476f5a085f 100644
--- a/gRPC-C++.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-C++.podspec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name     = 'gRPC-C++'
   # TODO (mxyan): use version that match gRPC version when pod is stabilized
-  # version = '1.24.0-dev'
+  # version = '1.25.0-dev'
   version = '0.0.9-dev'
   s.version  = version
   s.summary  = 'gRPC C++ library'
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.license  = 'Apache License, Version 2.0'
   s.authors  = { 'The gRPC contributors' => 'grpc-packages@google.com' }
 
-  grpc_version = '1.24.0-dev'
+  grpc_version = '1.25.0-dev'
 
   s.source = {
     :git => 'https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git',
diff --git a/gRPC-Core.podspec b/gRPC-Core.podspec
index 3770425e5e341acaa2f307b29c374dfcf3f20118..7c2877f6edce5afa0221103e07edf73df2a3fcda 100644
--- a/gRPC-Core.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-Core.podspec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name     = 'gRPC-Core'
-  version = '1.24.0-dev'
+  version = '1.25.0-dev'
   s.version  = version
   s.summary  = 'Core cross-platform gRPC library, written in C'
   s.homepage = 'https://grpc.io'
diff --git a/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec b/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec
index 4c5ebb36562c64cdc04f99192fa5d965b098078d..551999bbea88aa2f13f9ccf5db1130d32d31ac85 100644
--- a/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name     = 'gRPC-ProtoRPC'
-  version = '1.24.0-dev'
+  version = '1.25.0-dev'
   s.version  = version
   s.summary  = 'RPC library for Protocol Buffers, based on gRPC'
   s.homepage = 'https://grpc.io'
diff --git a/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec b/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec
index 2e412cf67d69112f12f9a945f71facbda4381b11..dfa9363cd2c88a710e482aa4510bc404c4b1fd8a 100644
--- a/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name     = 'gRPC-RxLibrary'
-  version = '1.24.0-dev'
+  version = '1.25.0-dev'
   s.version  = version
   s.summary  = 'Reactive Extensions library for iOS/OSX.'
   s.homepage = 'https://grpc.io'
diff --git a/gRPC.podspec b/gRPC.podspec
index e18adcd276e8d3fca1c9b8a4a9ddeff045a1673e..1b36c5ed2ea23c0945e4c9815083d145abd940e8 100644
--- a/gRPC.podspec
+++ b/gRPC.podspec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name     = 'gRPC'
-  version = '1.24.0-dev'
+  version = '1.25.0-dev'
   s.version  = version
   s.summary  = 'gRPC client library for iOS/OSX'
   s.homepage = 'https://grpc.io'
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index fb43cf9c4d743129e2fb50025d6589032e592080..375f2e0e43670929ca507e3ec8c283e65fbe65d9 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
  <date>2018-01-19</date>
  <time>16:06:07</time>
  <version>
-  <release>1.24.0dev</release>
-  <api>1.24.0dev</api>
+  <release>1.25.0dev</release>
+  <api>1.25.0dev</api>
  </version>
  <stability>
   <release>beta</release>
diff --git a/src/core/lib/surface/version.cc b/src/core/lib/surface/version.cc
index 71eb89a1b42081224c5724821cbf31be6309f1ab..d05b6ab95634d9f679c67dca4cdc42f08ac50603 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/surface/version.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/surface/version.cc
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
 
 const char* grpc_version_string(void) { return "8.0.0"; }
 
-const char* grpc_g_stands_for(void) { return "ganges"; }
+const char* grpc_g_stands_for(void) { return "game"; }
diff --git a/src/cpp/common/version_cc.cc b/src/cpp/common/version_cc.cc
index 71ddc6e5d712fcd63b3e3802b7f7497bcb8a295d..041956ecf5cc0b0077f30798c7f04e1dfc09d066 100644
--- a/src/cpp/common/version_cc.cc
+++ b/src/cpp/common/version_cc.cc
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
 #include <grpcpp/grpcpp.h>
 
 namespace grpc {
-grpc::string Version() { return "1.24.0-dev"; }
+grpc::string Version() { return "1.25.0-dev"; }
 }  // namespace grpc
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Api/VersionInfo.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Api/VersionInfo.cs
index f732af32ec33a1fe2169c89d1d97eed7f3649f1f..6d540155d9ace07d164b895cb0d0a8b7c45f97e8 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Api/VersionInfo.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Api/VersionInfo.cs
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ namespace Grpc.Core
         /// <summary>
         /// Current <c>AssemblyFileVersion</c> of gRPC C# assemblies
         /// </summary>
-        public const string CurrentAssemblyFileVersion = "2.24.0.0";
+        public const string CurrentAssemblyFileVersion = "2.25.0.0";
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Current version of gRPC C#
         /// </summary>
-        public const string CurrentVersion = "2.24.0-dev";
+        public const string CurrentVersion = "2.25.0-dev";
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/csharp/build/dependencies.props b/src/csharp/build/dependencies.props
index d45d3b1b0eb262922c6ff6164e3c8415668d4ed1..df109183253d6a1c0864fd56c5c3b21961d08988 100644
--- a/src/csharp/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/src/csharp/build/dependencies.props
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!-- This file is generated -->
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <GrpcCsharpVersion>2.24.0-dev</GrpcCsharpVersion>
+    <GrpcCsharpVersion>2.25.0-dev</GrpcCsharpVersion>
     <GoogleProtobufVersion>3.8.0</GoogleProtobufVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/csharp/build_unitypackage.bat b/src/csharp/build_unitypackage.bat
index 9fade5c1dd060239b1c14805b08fcf1070134032..4e689754acab1328e255338410de4e35b885f492 100644
--- a/src/csharp/build_unitypackage.bat
+++ b/src/csharp/build_unitypackage.bat
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 @rem limitations under the License.
 
 @rem Current package versions
-set VERSION=2.24.0-dev
+set VERSION=2.25.0-dev
 
 @rem Adjust the location of nuget.exe
 set NUGET=C:\nuget\nuget.exe
diff --git a/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCCppPlugin.podspec b/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCCppPlugin.podspec
index 67faaeb25678d1c923afc3c9110aab55ca891c6b..9103c785f8549f6ee9c32256ad9897a35712628e 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCCppPlugin.podspec
+++ b/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCCppPlugin.podspec
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   # exclamation mark ensures that other "regular" pods will be able to find it as it'll be installed
   # before them.
   s.name     = '!ProtoCompiler-gRPCCppPlugin'
-  v = '1.24.0-dev'
+  v = '1.25.0-dev'
   s.version  = v
   s.summary  = 'The gRPC ProtoC plugin generates C++ files from .proto services.'
   s.description = <<-DESC
diff --git a/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec b/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec
index f65086b6df515ddd0dfeabac395d14880c0123db..30a07f1647da697445c893e03c612d9a9c60d9e4 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec
+++ b/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   # exclamation mark ensures that other "regular" pods will be able to find it as it'll be installed
   # before them.
   s.name     = '!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin'
-  v = '1.24.0-dev'
+  v = '1.25.0-dev'
   s.version  = v
   s.summary  = 'The gRPC ProtoC plugin generates Objective-C files from .proto services.'
   s.description = <<-DESC
diff --git a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/version.h b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/version.h
index fc6982c55d6141129c2f70b1b537878a06747941..01ba728003deb801a2fa7efb95530b5a9e26f677 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/version.h
+++ b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/version.h
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
 // instead. This file can be regenerated from the template by running
 // `tools/buildgen/generate_projects.sh`.
 
-#define GRPC_OBJC_VERSION_STRING @"1.24.0-dev"
+#define GRPC_OBJC_VERSION_STRING @"1.25.0-dev"
diff --git a/src/objective-c/tests/version.h b/src/objective-c/tests/version.h
index 9182189f4c81dd0e0cb1ed6a1215a8d5bbc63d55..54d05af82266312d3efdb68e5c883f1b94be91bf 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/tests/version.h
+++ b/src/objective-c/tests/version.h
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
 // instead. This file can be regenerated from the template by running
 // `tools/buildgen/generate_projects.sh`.
 
-#define GRPC_OBJC_VERSION_STRING @"1.24.0-dev"
+#define GRPC_OBJC_VERSION_STRING @"1.25.0-dev"
 #define GRPC_C_VERSION_STRING @"8.0.0"
diff --git a/src/php/composer.json b/src/php/composer.json
index 6da1fd77d65aca7ea660f37f702ccf03b99b4531..f4af57682abf41dd8f64bb58308b5c0062afd3cf 100644
--- a/src/php/composer.json
+++ b/src/php/composer.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "grpc/grpc-dev",
   "description": "gRPC library for PHP - for Developement use only",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "version": "1.24.0",
+  "version": "1.25.0",
   "require": {
     "php": ">=5.5.0",
     "google/protobuf": "^v3.3.0"
diff --git a/src/php/ext/grpc/version.h b/src/php/ext/grpc/version.h
index 000508dd3f81f43dac8fbb0b4133355c7876a0ae..8286312199026d12cb8250ec0b1086b61177dd27 100644
--- a/src/php/ext/grpc/version.h
+++ b/src/php/ext/grpc/version.h
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
 #ifndef VERSION_H
 #define VERSION_H
 
-#define PHP_GRPC_VERSION "1.24.0dev"
+#define PHP_GRPC_VERSION "1.25.0dev"
 
 #endif /* VERSION_H */
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_grpcio_metadata.py b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_grpcio_metadata.py
index ff1b1a17d25bca121b5b8acc3631c1676bdbe7ae..cf9055adb498fc070a4c848906b08a4047de17a8 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_grpcio_metadata.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_grpcio_metadata.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 # AUTO-GENERATED FROM `$REPO_ROOT/templates/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_grpcio_metadata.py.template`!!!
 
-__version__ = """1.24.0.dev0"""
+__version__ = """1.25.0.dev0"""
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc_version.py b/src/python/grpcio/grpc_version.py
index e0280abaa7c4ff616ccbacb3ac4f7d398c62511f..3902f3fecacc736b52dbebd8787a9635faeb6f16 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc_version.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc_version.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 # AUTO-GENERATED FROM `$REPO_ROOT/templates/src/python/grpcio/grpc_version.py.template`!!!
 
-VERSION = '1.24.0.dev0'
+VERSION = '1.25.0.dev0'
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_channelz/grpc_version.py b/src/python/grpcio_channelz/grpc_version.py
index 93a448ecb64864ae8a417de5dac5c016086fb57a..61a651d45d3489be4eaa4d104651a05030c60ecb 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio_channelz/grpc_version.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_channelz/grpc_version.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 # AUTO-GENERATED FROM `$REPO_ROOT/templates/src/python/grpcio_channelz/grpc_version.py.template`!!!
 
-VERSION = '1.24.0.dev0'
+VERSION = '1.25.0.dev0'
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_health_checking/grpc_version.py b/src/python/grpcio_health_checking/grpc_version.py
index 2a1aa0c93592332f964de0913adf1a4127d3c15e..7e9703c3c93d9587f8359160fec8a1e5fdfea477 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio_health_checking/grpc_version.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_health_checking/grpc_version.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 # AUTO-GENERATED FROM `$REPO_ROOT/templates/src/python/grpcio_health_checking/grpc_version.py.template`!!!
 
-VERSION = '1.24.0.dev0'
+VERSION = '1.25.0.dev0'
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_reflection/grpc_version.py b/src/python/grpcio_reflection/grpc_version.py
index 93c28ba9fac4ff7a87b29601acde95a6c53997be..0c82a4c77680d126e4bae63259c3647253ff327c 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio_reflection/grpc_version.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_reflection/grpc_version.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 # AUTO-GENERATED FROM `$REPO_ROOT/templates/src/python/grpcio_reflection/grpc_version.py.template`!!!
 
-VERSION = '1.24.0.dev0'
+VERSION = '1.25.0.dev0'
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_status/grpc_version.py b/src/python/grpcio_status/grpc_version.py
index a2b5a814b522a83ec5a8168f14dbb1dda96999cc..307d9ba7245d739728091cc824abd034b3ad971c 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio_status/grpc_version.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_status/grpc_version.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 # AUTO-GENERATED FROM `$REPO_ROOT/templates/src/python/grpcio_status/grpc_version.py.template`!!!
 
-VERSION = '1.24.0.dev0'
+VERSION = '1.25.0.dev0'
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_testing/grpc_version.py b/src/python/grpcio_testing/grpc_version.py
index 937e57da02f3421bfac4b8a1a6f6a2526b7a0a81..b6a2dc2ba2142e6ad578c7fbe88df1cc1670917c 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio_testing/grpc_version.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_testing/grpc_version.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 # AUTO-GENERATED FROM `$REPO_ROOT/templates/src/python/grpcio_testing/grpc_version.py.template`!!!
 
-VERSION = '1.24.0.dev0'
+VERSION = '1.25.0.dev0'
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_tests/grpc_version.py b/src/python/grpcio_tests/grpc_version.py
index a1e43215b0972252dc6063f227732220411cb6eb..4656e5af94a0740aa22766aea0ae31e087658aca 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio_tests/grpc_version.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_tests/grpc_version.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 # AUTO-GENERATED FROM `$REPO_ROOT/templates/src/python/grpcio_tests/grpc_version.py.template`!!!
 
-VERSION = '1.24.0.dev0'
+VERSION = '1.25.0.dev0'
diff --git a/src/ruby/lib/grpc/version.rb b/src/ruby/lib/grpc/version.rb
index 43f08a0c87b95f73d026c50ba65e7fe7538521a0..40744531d72c37817312c492c09c75c7d8e9f1b6 100644
--- a/src/ruby/lib/grpc/version.rb
+++ b/src/ruby/lib/grpc/version.rb
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@
 
 # GRPC contains the General RPC module.
 module GRPC
-  VERSION = '1.24.0.dev'
+  VERSION = '1.25.0.dev'
 end
diff --git a/src/ruby/tools/version.rb b/src/ruby/tools/version.rb
index b08edb084785bfbf9e9bb78fad03956916540ce6..4d67f9c6302f7ae8022672b61670eea333d9e8eb 100644
--- a/src/ruby/tools/version.rb
+++ b/src/ruby/tools/version.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 
 module GRPC
   module Tools
-    VERSION = '1.24.0.dev'
+    VERSION = '1.25.0.dev'
   end
 end
diff --git a/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/grpc_version.py b/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/grpc_version.py
index 184a0a9dda6f96fd86bbd165e4ef076b0f01e730..716add95195fb16661138b1c73ce1fc96389a3dc 100644
--- a/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/grpc_version.py
+++ b/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/grpc_version.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 # AUTO-GENERATED FROM `$REPO_ROOT/templates/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/grpc_version.py.template`!!!
 
-VERSION = '1.24.0.dev0'
+VERSION = '1.25.0.dev0'
diff --git a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++
index 168e6c8d7701168215ce30ee853e95f51b3e024f..12435d0edb93dc222585940c3da52a0409bcf346 100644
--- a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++
+++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "GRPC C++"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.24.0-dev
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.25.0-dev
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
diff --git a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++.internal b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++.internal
index 3b7af742baaaa14cfb666bc9134f5f3c56efa6a1..14e5599bc17cf53ce3365a88d1e108029d36dff0 100644
--- a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++.internal
+++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++.internal
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "GRPC C++"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.24.0-dev
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.25.0-dev
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a