diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b904f28..20a1bd5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.5.0] - 2026-09-11
+
 ### Added
 
 - `make bench-serving` — serving-layer benchmark replaying a scripted
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5e74d04..8a19c10 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "tatlock"
-version = "2.4.3"
+version = "2.5.0"
 description = "OpenAI-compatible API with Ollama backend"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 dependencies = [