diff --git a/bumpver.toml b/bumpver.toml
index ab71d16..e7a9a00 100644
--- a/bumpver.toml
+++ b/bumpver.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpver]
-current_version = "2.5.0b2"
+current_version = "2.5.0"
 version_pattern = "MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH[PYTAGNUM]"
 commit = false
 tag = false
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index f8c2e4e..7de6f57 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 - validation of topological relationships between features, eg ensuring that buildings in a city do not overlap
 
 
-## [2.5.0] - 
+## [2.5.0] - 2024-07-17
 ### Added 
 - val3dity now accepts a stream of CityJSONSeq as input from stdin: `cat myfile.jsonl | val3dity stdin` and it validates each line and outputs the result to stdout
 - a new error was added: error 905--INVALID_JSON for handling wrong JSON lines in a CityJSONSeq stream
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 0c4039c..9b306e1 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = u'2.5.0b2'
+version = u'2.5.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = u'2.5.0b2'
+release = u'2.5.0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 9117de6..258734c 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ using namespace std;
 using namespace val3dity;
 using json = nlohmann::json;
 
-std::string VAL3DITY_VERSION = "2.5.0b2";
+std::string VAL3DITY_VERSION = "2.5.0";
 
 
 std::string print_summary_validation(std::vector<Feature*>& lsFeatures, IOErrors& ioerrs);
diff --git a/src/val3dity.cpp b/src/val3dity.cpp
index 1f40735..dd07326 100644
--- a/src/val3dity.cpp
+++ b/src/val3dity.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 namespace val3dity
 {
 
-std::string VAL3DITY_VERSION = "2.5.0b2";
+std::string VAL3DITY_VERSION = "2.5.0";
 
 struct verror : std::exception {
   std::string whattext;
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index d588312..faa0555 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "val3dity",
-    "version-string": "2.5.0b2",
+    "version-string": "2.5.0",
     "dependencies": [
         "boost-program-options",
         "boost-geometry",