diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index 3f89a7b6..46cd7044 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 pull_request_rules:
-  - name: backport patches to cryostat-v2.3 branch
+  - name: backport patches to cryostat-v2.4 branch
     conditions:
       - base=main
       - label=backport
     actions:
       backport:
         branches:
-          - cryostat-v2.3
+          - cryostat-v2.4
         assignees:
           - "{{ author }}"
   - name: auto label PRs from reviewers
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 488ce472..3bf985d5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ OS = $(shell go env GOOS)
 ARCH = $(shell go env GOARCH)
 
 # Current Operator version
-IMAGE_VERSION ?= 2.4.0-dev
+IMAGE_VERSION ?= 2.5.0-dev
 BUNDLE_VERSION ?= $(IMAGE_VERSION)
 DEFAULT_NAMESPACE ?= quay.io/cryostat
 IMAGE_NAMESPACE ?= $(DEFAULT_NAMESPACE)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION ?= 1.26
 # See: https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pull/4762
 #
 # Suffix is the timestamp of the image build, compute with: date -u '+%Y%m%d%H%M%S'
-CUSTOM_SCORECARD_VERSION ?= 2.4.0-$(shell date -u '+%Y%m%d%H%M%S')
+CUSTOM_SCORECARD_VERSION ?= 2.5.0-$(shell date -u '+%Y%m%d%H%M%S')
 export CUSTOM_SCORECARD_IMG ?= $(IMAGE_TAG_BASE)-scorecard:$(CUSTOM_SCORECARD_VERSION)
 
 DEPLOY_NAMESPACE ?= cryostat-operator-system
diff --git a/bundle/manifests/cryostat-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/bundle/manifests/cryostat-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index 83c52ad3..3e368e05 100644
--- a/bundle/manifests/cryostat-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/bundle/manifests/cryostat-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ metadata:
       ]
     capabilities: Seamless Upgrades
     categories: Monitoring, Developer Tools
-    containerImage: quay.io/cryostat/cryostat-operator:2.4.0-dev
-    createdAt: "2023-09-28T14:25:20Z"
+    containerImage: quay.io/cryostat/cryostat-operator:2.5.0-dev
+    createdAt: "2023-10-11T14:49:05Z"
     description: JVM monitoring and profiling tool
     operatorframework.io/initialization-resource: |-
       {
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ metadata:
     operatorframework.io/arch.amd64: supported
     operatorframework.io/arch.arm64: supported
     operatorframework.io/os.linux: supported
-  name: cryostat-operator.v2.4.0-dev
+  name: cryostat-operator.v2.5.0-dev
   namespace: placeholder
 spec:
   apiservicedefinitions: {}
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ spec:
                   valueFrom:
                     fieldRef:
                       fieldPath: metadata.annotations['olm.targetNamespaces']
-                image: quay.io/cryostat/cryostat-operator:2.4.0-dev
+                image: quay.io/cryostat/cryostat-operator:2.5.0-dev
                 imagePullPolicy: Always
                 livenessProbe:
                   httpGet:
@@ -1199,4 +1199,4 @@ spec:
     name: grafana
   - image: quay.io/cryostat/cryostat-reports:latest
     name: reports
-  version: 2.4.0-dev
+  version: 2.5.0-dev
diff --git a/bundle/tests/scorecard/config.yaml b/bundle/tests/scorecard/config.yaml
index f0ad3047..ba7284c7 100644
--- a/bundle/tests/scorecard/config.yaml
+++ b/bundle/tests/scorecard/config.yaml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - cryostat-scorecard-tests
     - operator-install
-    image: quay.io/cryostat/cryostat-operator-scorecard:2.4.0-20230824004852
+    image: quay.io/cryostat/cryostat-operator-scorecard:2.5.0-20231011144522
     labels:
       suite: cryostat
       test: operator-install
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - cryostat-scorecard-tests
     - cryostat-cr
-    image: quay.io/cryostat/cryostat-operator-scorecard:2.4.0-20230824004852
+    image: quay.io/cryostat/cryostat-operator-scorecard:2.5.0-20231011144522
     labels:
       suite: cryostat
       test: cryostat-cr
diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index c105afc0..116f3c81 100644
--- a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ kind: Kustomization
 images:
 - name: controller
   newName: quay.io/cryostat/cryostat-operator
-  newTag: 2.4.0-dev
+  newTag: 2.5.0-dev
diff --git a/config/manifests/bases/cryostat-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/config/manifests/bases/cryostat-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index 6fd2a6d1..7b0ccd27 100644
--- a/config/manifests/bases/cryostat-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/config/manifests/bases/cryostat-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     capabilities: Seamless Upgrades
     categories: Monitoring, Developer Tools
-    containerImage: quay.io/cryostat/cryostat-operator:2.4.0-dev
+    containerImage: quay.io/cryostat/cryostat-operator:2.5.0-dev
     description: JVM monitoring and profiling tool
     operatorframework.io/initialization-resource: |-
       {
diff --git a/config/scorecard/patches/custom.config.yaml b/config/scorecard/patches/custom.config.yaml
index 6d915258..786cf388 100644
--- a/config/scorecard/patches/custom.config.yaml
+++ b/config/scorecard/patches/custom.config.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - cryostat-scorecard-tests
     - operator-install
-    image: "quay.io/cryostat/cryostat-operator-scorecard:2.4.0-20230824004852"
+    image: "quay.io/cryostat/cryostat-operator-scorecard:2.5.0-20231011144522"
     labels:
       suite: cryostat
       test: operator-install
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - cryostat-scorecard-tests
     - cryostat-cr
-    image: "quay.io/cryostat/cryostat-operator-scorecard:2.4.0-20230824004852"
+    image: "quay.io/cryostat/cryostat-operator-scorecard:2.5.0-20231011144522"
     labels:
       suite: cryostat
       test: cryostat-cr