diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4baf904ba..a21a09082 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 FROM continuumio/miniconda3:4.6.14
 
 LABEL maintainer="zhang40@llnl.gov"
-LABEL version="2.5.0rc3"
+LABEL version="2.5.0rc4"
 
 # Copy the entire project dir because we'll install from source.
 COPY . .
diff --git a/acme_diags/__init__.py b/acme_diags/__init__.py
index 8687a2cc1..de03ae9ed 100644
--- a/acme_diags/__init__.py
+++ b/acme_diags/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-__version__ = "v2.5.0rc3"
+__version__ = "v2.5.0rc4"
 INSTALL_PATH = os.path.join(sys.prefix, "share/e3sm_diags/")
 
 # Disable MPI in cdms2, which is not currently supported by E3SM-unified
diff --git a/conda/e3sm_diags_env.yml b/conda/e3sm_diags_env.yml
index e6b756631..384154eaa 100644
--- a/conda/e3sm_diags_env.yml
+++ b/conda/e3sm_diags_env.yml
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ dependencies:
   - netcdf4=1.5.6
   # Additional
   # ==============
-  - e3sm_diags=2.5.0rc3
+  - e3sm_diags=2.5.0rc4
 prefix: /opt/miniconda3/envs/e3sm_diags_env
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 9f0c64488..b9699f17a 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% set name = "e3sm_diags" %}
-{% set version = "2.5.0rc3" %}
+{% set version = "2.5.0rc4" %}
 
 package:
     name: {{ name|lower }}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 372c9f5f0..174321ac9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def get_all_files_in_dir(directory, pattern):
 
 setup(
     name="e3sm_diags",
-    version="2.5.0rc3",
+    version="2.5.0rc4",
     author="Chengzhu (Jill) Zhang, Tom Vo, Ryan Forsyth, Chris Golaz and Zeshawn Shaheen",
     author_email="zhang40@llnl.gov",
     description="E3SM Diagnostics",