diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c570ac1f7e..d3c3d22a94 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 ## WLED changelog
 
+#### Build 2411250
+-   WLED 0.15.0-rc1 release
+-   Add support for esp32S3_wroom2 (#4243 by @softhack007)
+-   Fix mixed LED SK6812 and ws2812b booloop (#4301 by @willmmiles)
+-   Improved FPS calculation (by DedeHai)
+-   Fix crashes when using HTTP API within MQTT (#4269 by @willmmiles)
+-   Fix array overflow in exploding_fireworks (#4120 by @willmmiles)
+-   Fix MQTT topic buffer length (#4293 by @WouterGritter)
+-   Fix SparkFunDMX fix for possible array bounds violation in DMX.write (by @softhack007)
+-   Allow TV Simulator on single LED segments (by @softhack007)
+-   Fix WLED_RELEASE_NAME (by @netmindz)
+
+
 #### Build 2410270
 -   WLED 0.15.0-b7 release
 -   Re-license the WLED project from MIT to EUPL (#4194 by @Aircoookie)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0f73bff0c4..a10327b6c0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 {
   "name": "wled",
-  "version": "0.15.0-b7",
+  "version": "0.15.0-rc1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "wled",
-      "version": "0.15.0-b7",
+      "version": "0.15.0-rc1",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "clean-css": "^5.3.3",
         "html-minifier-terser": "^7.2.0",
         "inliner": "^1.13.1",
-        "nodemon": "^3.0.2"
+        "nodemon": "^3.1.7"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@jridgewell/gen-mapping": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a11a135539..5b7964084a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "wled",
-  "version": "0.15.0-b7",
+  "version": "0.15.0-rc1",
   "description": "Tools for WLED project",
   "main": "tools/cdata.js",
   "directories": {
diff --git a/wled00/wled.h b/wled00/wled.h
index fcbc119784..8ab66cc237 100644
--- a/wled00/wled.h
+++ b/wled00/wled.h
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 /*
    Main sketch, global variable declarations
    @title WLED project sketch
-   @version 0.15.0-b7
+   @version 0.15.0-cr1
    @author Christian Schwinne
  */
 
 // version code in format yymmddb (b = daily build)
-#define VERSION 2410270
+#define VERSION 2411250
 
 //uncomment this if you have a "my_config.h" file you'd like to use
 //#define WLED_USE_MY_CONFIG