diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9d56a43f..e129b758 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [1.25.0](https://github.com/rudderlabs/rudder-sdk-android/compare/v1.24.0...v1.25.0) (2024-08-27)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add option to configure `dataPlaneUrl` as the metrics url ([#471](https://github.com/rudderlabs/rudder-sdk-android/issues/471)) ([f0d3ef1](https://github.com/rudderlabs/rudder-sdk-android/commit/f0d3ef130fa75dff0a1162792f04279ba78055b1))
+
 ## [1.24.0](https://github.com/rudderlabs/rudder-sdk-android/compare/v1.23.3...v1.24.0) (2024-07-31)
 
 
diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index cac6e77d..c6bc79ba 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -44,10 +44,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'androidx.annotation:annotation:1.6.0'
 
 
-    implementation 'com.rudderstack.android.sdk:rudderreporter:[0.4.0, 0.6.0)'
-//    implementation(project(path: ':rudderreporter'))
-//    implementation(project(path: ':gsonrudderadapter'))
-    implementation 'com.rudderstack.kotlin.sdk:gsonrudderadapter:[0.2.0, 0.3.0)'
+    implementation 'com.rudderstack.android.sdk:rudderreporter:0.6.0'
+    implementation 'com.rudderstack.kotlin.sdk:gsonrudderadapter:0.2.0'
 
     // required for new life cycle methods
     compileOnly 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-process:2.6.1'
@@ -89,4 +87,4 @@ tasks.withType(JavaExec) {
 //apply from: "${rootProject.projectDir}/scripts/publish-module.gradle"
 
 apply from: rootProject.file('gradle/mvn-publish.gradle')
-apply from: rootProject.file('gradle/codecov.gradle')
\ No newline at end of file
+apply from: rootProject.file('gradle/codecov.gradle')
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/EventRepository.java b/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/EventRepository.java
index a3a4102f..5ad5b7ca 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/EventRepository.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/EventRepository.java
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ private void initiateRudderReporterFromPrefetchedConfig() {
             if (serverConfig != null && serverConfig.source != null
                     && serverConfig.source.sourceConfiguration != null) {
                 RudderLogger.logDebug("EventRepository: constructor: Prefetched source serverConfig is available");
-                enableStatsCollection(application, writeKey, serverConfig.source.sourceConfiguration.getStatsCollection());
+                enableStatsCollection(application, writeKey, serverConfig.source.sourceConfiguration.getStatsCollection(), dataResidencyManager.getDataPlaneUrl());
             } else {
                 RudderLogger.logDebug("EventRepository: constructor: Prefetched source serverConfig is not available");
             }
@@ -271,8 +271,6 @@ private void initiateSDK(@Nullable RudderConsentFilter consentFilter) {
                     if (serverConfig != null) {
                         isSDKEnabled = serverConfig.source.isSourceEnabled;
                         if (isSDKEnabled) {
-                            if (serverConfig.source.sourceConfiguration != null)
-                                enableStatsCollection(application, writeKey, serverConfig.source.sourceConfiguration.getStatsCollection());
                             dataResidencyManager.setDataResidencyUrls(serverConfig);
                             dataPlaneUrl = dataResidencyManager.getDataPlaneUrl();
                             if (dataPlaneUrl == null) {
@@ -281,6 +279,8 @@ private void initiateSDK(@Nullable RudderConsentFilter consentFilter) {
                                         Collections.singletonMap(LABEL_TYPE, LABEL_TYPE_DATA_PLANE_URL_INVALID));
                                 return;
                             }
+                            if (serverConfig.source.sourceConfiguration != null)
+                                enableStatsCollection(application, writeKey, serverConfig.source.sourceConfiguration.getStatsCollection(), dataPlaneUrl);
                             if (consentFilter != null)
                                 this.consentFilterHandler = new ConsentFilterHandler(serverConfig.source, consentFilter);
                             cloudModeManager.startCloudModeProcessor();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/ReportManager.java b/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/ReportManager.java
index c3b6cc2d..bd198bec 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/ReportManager.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/ReportManager.java
@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ private ReportManager() {
     private static final String FLUSH_WORKER_INIT_COUNTER_TAG = "flush_worker_init";
     private static final String ENCRYPTED_DB_COUNTER_TAG = "db_encrypt";
 
-    private static final String METRICS_URL_DEV = "https://sdk-metrics.dev-rudder.rudderlabs.com/";
-    private static final String METRICS_URL_PROD = "https://sdk-metrics.rudderstack.com/";
     private static Metrics metrics = null;
     private static ErrorClient errorStatsClient = null;
 
@@ -161,7 +159,7 @@ private static void incrementCounter(LongCounter counter, int value) {
 
     @SuppressWarnings("ConstantConditions")
     static void enableStatsCollection(Application application, String writeKey,
-                                      @NonNull SourceConfiguration.StatsCollection statsCollection) {
+                                      @NonNull SourceConfiguration.StatsCollection statsCollection, String dataPlaneUrl) {
         if (!isStatsReporterAvailable()) {
             if (!(statsCollection.getMetrics().isEnabled() || statsCollection.getErrors().isEnabled())) {
                 RudderLogger.logDebug("EventRepository: Stats collection is not enabled");
@@ -169,7 +167,7 @@ static void enableStatsCollection(Application application, String writeKey,
             }
             RudderLogger.logDebug("EventRepository: Creating Stats Reporter");
             initiateRudderReporter(application, writeKey, statsCollection.getMetrics().isEnabled(),
-                    statsCollection.getErrors().isEnabled());
+                    statsCollection.getErrors().isEnabled(), dataPlaneUrl);
             RudderLogger.logDebug("EventRepository: Metrics collection is not initialized");
             return;
         }
@@ -211,10 +209,10 @@ private static void checkAndUpdateErrorsCollection(boolean isErrorsEnabled) {
     }
 
     private static void initiateRudderReporter(Context context, @Nullable String writeKey,
-                                               boolean isMetricsEnabled, boolean isErrorsEnabled) {
+                                               boolean isMetricsEnabled, boolean isErrorsEnabled, String dataPlaneUrl) {
         RudderLogger.logDebug("EventRepository: Creating RudderReporter isMetricsEnabled: " + isMetricsEnabled + " isErrorsEnabled: " + isErrorsEnabled);
         if (rudderReporter == null) {
-            rudderReporter = new DefaultRudderReporter(context, METRICS_URL_PROD,
+            rudderReporter = new DefaultRudderReporter(context, dataPlaneUrl,
                     getStatsConfig(writeKey), new GsonAdapter(), isMetricsEnabled, isErrorsEnabled);
             rudderReporter.getSyncer().startScheduledSyncs(METRICS_UPLOAD_INTERVAL,
                     true, METRICS_FLUSH_COUNT);
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index a5267507..5c4f968c 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ android.enableJetifier=true
 android.enableR8.fullMode=true
 kotlin.code.style=official
 GROUP=com.rudderstack.android.sdk
-VERSION_CODE=31
-VERSION_NAME=1.24.0
+VERSION_CODE=32
+VERSION_NAME=1.25.0
 POM_NAME=Rudderstack SDK for android
 POM_DESCRIPTION=Rudderstack SDK for android
 POM_ARTIFACT_ID=core
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f37af98d..5b0439b6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "1.24.0",
+  "version": "1.25.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "properties-reader": "^2.2.0"
   }