diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1a747eb0..4eb88429 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "vue-beautiful-chat",
-  "version": "2.4.1",
+  "version": "2.5.0",
   "description": "A simple and beautiful Vue chat component backend agnostic.",
   "main": "./dist/vue-beautiful-chat.umd.min.js",
   "repository": "https://github.com/mattmezza/vue-beautiful-chat.git",