diff --git a/backend/Cargo.lock b/backend/Cargo.lock
index a8e7a5319..2da188d64 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -2514,7 +2514,7 @@ checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tobira"
-version = "2.4.0"
+version = "2.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64",
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index 058e90afe..96f8c66c7 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "tobira"
-version = "2.4.0"
+version = "2.5.0"
 authors = [
     "The Opencast project",
     "Lukas Kalbertodt <kalbertodt@elan-ev.de>",
diff --git a/docs/versions.txt b/docs/versions.txt
index 1adeb04bb..0d9c8d72d 100644
--- a/docs/versions.txt
+++ b/docs/versions.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+v2.5
 v2.4
 v2.3
 v2.2