diff --git a/sumpy/version.py b/sumpy/version.py
index a788c6d6cf61145b77b833ff172d88e7514e17ef..24df01b4d7a67be94d7f0dd39abd6ae94467fac7 100644
--- a/sumpy/version.py
+++ b/sumpy/version.py
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ VERSION = (2016, 1)
 VERSION_STATUS = "beta1"
 VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION) + VERSION_STATUS
 
-KERNEL_VERSION = 24
+KERNEL_VERSION = 25