diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 26fca776a..3afb1124a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # To re-generate a bundle for another specific version without changing the standard setup, you can:
 # - use the VERSION as arg of the bundle target (e.g make bundle VERSION=0.0.2)
 # - use environment variables to overwrite this value (e.g export VERSION=0.0.2)
-VERSION ?= 24.4.0-0
+VERSION ?= 25.1.0-0
 export VERSION
 
 # VLOGGER_VERSION defines the version to use for the Vertica logger image
diff --git a/helm-charts/verticadb-operator/Chart.yaml b/helm-charts/verticadb-operator/Chart.yaml
index 3c4f35854..8b594cf6e 100644
--- a/helm-charts/verticadb-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/verticadb-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ name: verticadb-operator
 description: An operator that can deploy and manage Vertica clusters
 type: application
 # Versions follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 24.4.0-0
+version: 25.1.0-0
diff --git a/helm-charts/verticadb-operator/README.md b/helm-charts/verticadb-operator/README.md
index 2a544696b..1eb0d6b80 100644
--- a/helm-charts/verticadb-operator/README.md
+++ b/helm-charts/verticadb-operator/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This helm chart will install the operator and an admission controller webhook.
 | controllers.scope | Defines the scope of the operator. You can define one of two values: cluster or namespace.<br><br>When set to cluster, the operator is cluster scoped. This means it will watch for changes to any custom resource across all namespaces. This is the default deployment.<br><br>When set to namespace, the operator is cluster scope. The operator will only set up watches for the namespace it is deployed in. You can deploy the operator in multiple namespaces this way. However, the webhook can only be run once in the cluster. You can control running of the webhook with the webhook.enable option. | cluster |
 | controllers.burstSize | This controls the burst size for even recording in the operator. Increasing this allows the controllers to record more events in a short period. | 100 |
 | controllers.vdbMaxBackoffDuration | This controls the maximum backoff requeue duration (in milliseconds) for the vdb controller. Increase this value to reduce the requeue rate if you have multiple databases running and want a lower rate limit. | 1000 |
-| image.name | The name of image that runs the operator. | opentext/verticadb-operator:24.4.0-0 |
+| image.name | The name of image that runs the operator. | opentext/verticadb-operator:25.1.0-0 |
 | image.repo | Repo server hosting image.name | docker.io |
 | image.pullPolicy | The pull policy for the image that runs the operator  | IfNotPresent |
 | imagePullSecrets | List of Secret names containing login credentials for above repos | null (pull images anonymously) |
diff --git a/helm-charts/verticadb-operator/values.yaml b/helm-charts/verticadb-operator/values.yaml
index 4a0cf0d53..b1a2ced91 100644
--- a/helm-charts/verticadb-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/verticadb-operator/values.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 image:
   repo: docker.io
-  name: opentext/verticadb-operator:24.4.0-0
+  name: opentext/verticadb-operator:25.1.0-0
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
 rbac_proxy_image:
diff --git a/pkg/meta/labels.go b/pkg/meta/labels.go
index 90ac4a914..bedd56419 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/labels.go
+++ b/pkg/meta/labels.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const (
 	// the pod spec template. Rather it is set in the pod by a reconciler after
 	// the pod was created.
 	OperatorVersionLabel = "app.kubernetes.io/version"
-	CurOperatorVersion   = "24.4.0-0" // The version number of the operator
+	CurOperatorVersion   = "25.1.0-0" // The version number of the operator
 	// If any of the operator versions are used in the code, add a const here.
 	// But it isn't necessary to create a const for each version.
 	OperatorVersion100 = "1.0.0"