diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dd6702d..2bc2c81 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-RELEASE_MESSAGE
+RELEASE_MESSAGE*
 test*
 *.jpg
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 04a4ab6..b81dc0b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 codebird-php - changelog
 ========================
 
-2.5.0 (not yet released)
+2.5.0 (2014-06-20)
 + Add section about cacert.pem to README
 + Option to set cURL timeout
 + #42 Allow to get the supported API methods as array
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 32f3382..b661975 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "codebird-php",
-  "version": "2.5.0-rc.3-dev",
+  "version": "2.5.0",
   "homepage": "http://www.jublo.net/projects/codebird/php",
   "authors": [
     "Joshua Atkins <joshua.atkins@jublo.net>",
diff --git a/src/codebird.php b/src/codebird.php
index 80232dd..9dd4bb0 100644
--- a/src/codebird.php
+++ b/src/codebird.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * A Twitter library in PHP.
  *
  * @package codebird
- * @version 2.5.0-rc.3-dev
+ * @version 2.5.0
  * @author Jublo Solutions <support@jublo.net>
  * @copyright 2010-2014 Jublo Solutions <support@jublo.net>
  *
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class Codebird
     /**
      * The current Codebird version
      */
-    protected $_version = '2.5.0-rc.3-dev';
+    protected $_version = '2.5.0';
 
     /**
      * Request timeout