diff --git a/release-versions.txt b/release-versions.txt
index 81f49b869..8b3d8b35c 100644
--- a/release-versions.txt
+++ b/release-versions.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 RELEASE_VERSION="5.25.0"
-DEVELOPMENT_VERSION="5.25.0-SNAPSHOT"
+DEVELOPMENT_VERSION="5.26.0-SNAPSHOT"
 RELEASE_BRANCH="5.x.x-stable"