diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5b28c908..7e552a1b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Notmuch 0.25 (UNRELEASED)
+=========================
+
 Notmuch 0.24.2 (2017-06-01)
 ===========================
 
diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/version.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/version.py
index 6101902b..aa4a6b63 100644
--- a/bindings/python/notmuch/version.py
+++ b/bindings/python/notmuch/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # this file should be kept in sync with ../../../version
-__VERSION__ = '0.24.2'
+__VERSION__ = '0.25~rc0'
 SOVERSION = '5'
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f023d6e3..f02f2132 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
-notmuch (0.24.2-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+notmuch (0.25~rc0-1) experimental; urgency=medium
 
+  * New upstream release candidate
   * Drop notmuch-dbg, use notmuch-dbgsym if debug symbols are needed.
+  * [lib] Bump SONAME to libnotmuch.so.5
+  * Bug fix: "doesn't check gpg/pgp signatures by default", thanks
+    to Vagrant Cascadian (Closes: #755544).
+  * Bug fix: "allow separation of command-line options and their
+    values: --option foo", thanks to Paul Wise (Closes: #825886).
 
- -- David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>  Thu, 06 Jul 2017 08:35:09 -0300
+ -- David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>  Sun, 16 Jul 2017 08:48:59 -0300
 
 notmuch (0.24.2-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/debian/libnotmuch5.symbols b/debian/libnotmuch5.symbols
index 9f3323ff..716d3b86 100644
--- a/debian/libnotmuch5.symbols
+++ b/debian/libnotmuch5.symbols
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ libnotmuch.so.5 libnotmuch5 #MINVER#
  (c++)"typeinfo for Xapian::DatabaseError@Base" 0.24~rc0
  (c++)"typeinfo for Xapian::DatabaseModifiedError@Base" 0.24~rc0
  (c++|optional=present with Xapian 1.4)"typeinfo for Xapian::QueryParserError@Base" 0.23~rc0
+ (c++)"typeinfo for Xapian::QueryParser::add_valuerangeprocessor(Xapian::ValueRangeProcessor*)::ShimRangeProcessor@Base" 0.25~rc0
+ (c++)"typeinfo name for Xapian::QueryParser::add_valuerangeprocessor(Xapian::ValueRangeProcessor*)::ShimRangeProcessor@Base" 0.25~rc0
  (c++)"typeinfo name for Xapian::LogicError@Base" 0.6.1
  (c++)"typeinfo name for Xapian::RuntimeError@Base" 0.6.1
  (c++)"typeinfo name for Xapian::DocNotFoundError@Base" 0.6.1
diff --git a/debian/notmuch.dirs b/debian/notmuch.dirs
index a23e43d9..e7724817 100644
--- a/debian/notmuch.dirs
+++ b/debian/notmuch.dirs
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 usr/bin
-etc/bash_completion.d
diff --git a/version b/version
index 8b95abd9..ea0647b7 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.24.2
+0.25~rc0