diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0032196bc..8ae8caae9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht
 
+retract v0.24.3 // this includes a breaking change and should have been released as v0.25.0
+
 go 1.19
 
 require (
diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index 336b08fb6..0bab82458 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "version": "v0.24.3"
+  "version": "v0.25.0"
 }