diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2601b73e4e..c6558e2aca 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 0.25.0-rc.0 / 2022-12-16
+## 0.25.0-rc.1 / 2022-12-16
 
 * [CHANGE] Change the default `parse_mode` value from `MarkdownV2` to `HTML` for Telegram. #2981
 * [CHANGE] Make `api_url` field optional for Telegram. #2981
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 3a3008fb08..a4566735a8 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.25.0-rc.0
+0.25.0-rc.1