diff --git a/.mvn/maven.config b/.mvn/maven.config
index ea9b5e163..18f1acba3 100644
--- a/.mvn/maven.config
+++ b/.mvn/maven.config
@@ -1 +1 @@
--Drevision=2024.12.002-beta-SNAPSHOT
+-Drevision=2025.01.001-beta-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index 4a851a702..8fc57cb0c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 This file documents all notable changes to https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy[IDEasy].
 
+== 2025.01.001
+
+Release with new features and bugfixes:
+
+
+The full list of changes for this release can be found in https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/milestone/18?closed=1[milestone 2025.01.001].
+
 == 2024.12.002
 
 Release with new features and bugfixes: