diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index fff7397eb05..375dc8fd2a4 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ Created as part of the release process.
 + Travis Crawford
 + Troy Howard
 + Tushar Singh
++ Tyler Rhodes
 + Ugo Di Girolamo
 + Ulugbek Adilbekov
 + Viktor Kleen
diff --git a/src/python/pants/VERSION b/src/python/pants/VERSION
index daeeb03ca9b..1fd3425a3fe 100644
--- a/src/python/pants/VERSION
+++ b/src/python/pants/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.25.0.dev6
+2.25.0a0