diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
index 162ba4e2df..012a922a3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
   conda-java-tests:
     needs: conda-cpp-build
     secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/custom-job.yaml@branch-24.12
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/custom-job.yaml@branch-25.02
     with:
       build_type: pull-request
       node_type: "gpu-v100-latest-1"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index cd39ae9339..989af1bf9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
   conda-java-tests:
     secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/custom-job.yaml@branch-24.12
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/custom-job.yaml@branch-25.02
     with:
       build_type: nightly
       branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
diff --git a/ci/release/update-version.sh b/ci/release/update-version.sh
index 6b9458b273..fb4b1660fa 100755
--- a/ci/release/update-version.sh
+++ b/ci/release/update-version.sh
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ CURRENT_SHORT_TAG=${CURRENT_MAJOR}.${CURRENT_MINOR}
 # Get <major>.<minor> for next version
 NEXT_MAJOR=$(echo $NEXT_FULL_TAG | awk '{split($0, a, "."); print a[1]}')
 NEXT_MINOR=$(echo $NEXT_FULL_TAG | awk '{split($0, a, "."); print a[2]}')
+NEXT_PATCH=$(echo $NEXT_FULL_TAG | awk '{split($0, a, "."); print a[3]}')
 NEXT_SHORT_TAG=${NEXT_MAJOR}.${NEXT_MINOR}
 
 # Need to distutils-normalize the original version
 NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440=$(python -c "from packaging.version import Version; print(Version('${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}'))")
+PATCH_PEP440=$(python -c "from packaging.version import Version; print(Version('${NEXT_PATCH}'))")
 
 echo "Preparing release $CURRENT_TAG => $NEXT_FULL_TAG"
 
@@ -52,6 +54,10 @@ for FILE in .github/workflows/*.yaml; do
   sed_runner "/shared-workflows/ s/@.*/@branch-${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}/g" "${FILE}"
 done
 
+# Java files
+NEXT_FULL_JAVA_TAG="${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}.${PATCH_PEP440}-SNAPSHOT"
+sed_runner "s|<version>.*-SNAPSHOT</version>|<version>${NEXT_FULL_JAVA_TAG}</version>|g" java/pom.xml
+
 # .devcontainer files
 find .devcontainer/ -type f -name devcontainer.json -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' filename; do
     sed_runner "s@rapidsai/devcontainers:[0-9.]*@rapidsai/devcontainers:${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}@g" "${filename}"
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 1934f3d0e0..a9a2506edd 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
   <groupId>ai.rapids.kvikio</groupId>
   <artifactId>cufile</artifactId>
-  <version>24.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>25.02.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>cuFile</name>
   <description>