diff --git a/.github/release-please/manifest.json b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
index a0d1d73bdda..10a3cd50f11 100644
--- a/.github/release-please/manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "core": "25.0.0",
+  "core": "25.1.0",
   "prover": "16.5.0",
   "zkstack_cli": "0.1.2"
 }
diff --git a/core/CHANGELOG.md b/core/CHANGELOG.md
index 56239303cd4..c9ead93e49c 100644
--- a/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [25.1.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/core-v25.0.0...core-v25.1.0) (2024-10-28)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **api:** Integrate new VM into API server (no tracers) ([#3033](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3033)) ([8e75d4b](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/8e75d4b812b21bc26e2c38ceeb711a8a530d7bc2))
+* gateway preparation ([#3006](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3006)) ([16f2757](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/16f275756cd28024a6b11ac1ac327eb5b8b446e1))
+* Implement gas relay mode and inclusion data for data attestation ([#3070](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3070)) ([561fc1b](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/561fc1bddfc79061dab9d8d150baa06acfa90692))
+* **metadata-calculator:** Add debug endpoints for tree API ([#3167](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3167)) ([3815252](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/3815252790fd0e9094f308b58dfde3a8b1a82277))
+* **proof-data-handler:** add first processed batch option ([#3112](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3112)) ([1eb69d4](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/1eb69d467802d07f3fc6502de97ff04a69f952fc))
+* **proof-data-handler:** add tee_proof_generation_timeout_in_secs param ([#3128](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3128)) ([f3724a7](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/f3724a71c7466451d380981b05d68d8afd70cdca))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **consensus:** better logging of errors ([#3170](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3170)) ([a5028da](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/a5028da65608898ad41c6a4fd5c6ec4c28a45703))
+* **consensus:** payload encoding protected by protocol_version ([#3168](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3168)) ([8089b78](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/8089b78b3f2cdbe8d0a23e9b8412a8022d78ada2))
+* extend allowed storage slots for validation as per EIP-7562 ([#3166](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3166)) ([c76da16](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/c76da16efc769243a02c6e859376182d95ab941d))
+* **tee_prover:** add prometheus pull listener ([#3169](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3169)) ([1ffd22f](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/1ffd22ffbe710469de0e7f27c6aae29453ec6d3e))
+* update logging in cbt l1 behaviour ([#3149](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3149)) ([d0f61b0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/d0f61b0552dcacc2e8e33fdbcae6f1e5fbb43820))
+
 ## [25.0.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/core-v24.29.0...core-v25.0.0) (2024-10-23)
 
 
diff --git a/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml b/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml
index 4e3dc548cf8..4c8f73eda94 100644
--- a/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "zksync_external_node"
 description = "Non-validator ZKsync node"
-version = "25.0.0" # x-release-please-version
+version = "25.1.0" # x-release-please-version
 edition.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true