diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 9b3a63f3..ec711586 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 v 2.5.0
   - unread count is now displayed in a favicon badge when supported
-
+  - the user agent string for the bot fetching feeds is now configurable
+  - feed parsing performance improvements
+  - support for java9+ runtime
+  - can now properly start from an empty postgresql database
 v 2.4.0
   - users were not able to change password or delete account
   - fix api key generation
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 971c1390..8e5cd5ec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>com.commafeed</groupId>
 	<artifactId>commafeed</artifactId>
-	<version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.5.0</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>CommaFeed</name>