diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index f807af8c9..23278bb36 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@ Unreleased
 
 New features:
 
+Bug fixes:
+
+For packagers:
+
+Other changes:
+
+2.5.0 (October 11, 2025)
+------------------------
+
+New features:
+
 - :doc:`plugins/lastgenre`: Add a ``--pretend`` option to preview genre changes
   without storing or writing them.
 - :doc:`plugins/convert`: Add a config option to disable writing metadata to
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 7465bdb27..c76f87524 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ copyright = "2016, Adrian Sampson"
 
 master_doc = "index"
 language = "en"
-version = "2.4"
-release = "2.4.0"
+version = "2.5"
+release = "2.5.0"
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#general-configuration
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8338ce1c6..62b5ac25a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "beets"
-version = "2.4.0"
+version = "2.5.0"
 description = "music tagger and library organizer"
 authors = ["Adrian Sampson <adrian@radbox.org>"]
 maintainers = ["Serene-Arc"]