diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index 600de000eb..7aacbaee6e 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 pull_request_rules:
-  - name: backport patches to cryostat-v2.3 branch
+  - name: backport patches to cryostat-v2.4 branch
     conditions:
       - base=main
       - label=backport
     actions:
       backport:
         branches:
-          - cryostat-v2.3
+          - cryostat-v2.4
         assignees:
           - "{{ author }}"
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 14bcbc92ec..81b8e1f34e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 <groupId>io.cryostat</groupId>
 <artifactId>cryostat</artifactId>
-<version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+<version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 <packaging>jar</packaging>
 <name>cryostat</name>
 <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>