diff --git a/src/version.rc b/src/version.rc
index 7f1ed93c4..bc3a5ae8d 100644
--- a/src/version.rc
+++ b/src/version.rc
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 // If VS_FF_PRERELEASE is not set, MO labels the build as a release and uses VER_FILEVERSION to determine version number.
 // Otherwise, if letters are used in VER_FILEVERSION_STR, uses the full MOBase::VersionInfo parser
 // Otherwise, uses the numbers from VER_FILEVERSION and sets the release type as pre-alpha
-#define VER_FILEVERSION     2,5,0
-#define VER_FILEVERSION_STR "2.5.0\0"
+#define VER_FILEVERSION     2,5,1
+#define VER_FILEVERSION_STR "2.5.1rc1\0"
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
 FILEVERSION     VER_FILEVERSION
 PRODUCTVERSION  VER_FILEVERSION
 FILEFLAGSMASK   VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
-FILEFLAGS       (0)
+FILEFLAGS       VS_FF_PRERELEASE
 FILEOS          VOS__WINDOWS32
 FILETYPE        VFT_APP
 FILESUBTYPE     (0)