diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index c812954fc86..c8134cd31e3 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.24.4
+current_version = 0.24.5
 commit = True
 tag = True
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/scrapy/VERSION b/scrapy/VERSION
index 4b8c9a55474..7a8169a27ef 100644
--- a/scrapy/VERSION
+++ b/scrapy/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.24.4
+0.24.5