diff --git a/core/nwb.file.yaml b/core/nwb.file.yaml
index cb174de9..cac8918c 100644
--- a/core/nwb.file.yaml
+++ b/core/nwb.file.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ groups:
   attributes:
   - name: nwb_version
     dtype: text
-    value: "2.5.0-alpha"
+    value: "2.5.0"
     doc: File version string. Use semantic versioning, e.g. 1.2.1. This will be the
       name of the format with trailing major, minor and patch numbers.
   datasets:
diff --git a/core/nwb.namespace.yaml b/core/nwb.namespace.yaml
index 59e2f641..06618b81 100644
--- a/core/nwb.namespace.yaml
+++ b/core/nwb.namespace.yaml
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ namespaces:
   - doc: This source module contains neurodata_type for retinotopy data.
     source: nwb.retinotopy.yaml
     title: Retinotopy
-  version: "2.5.0-alpha"
+  version: "2.5.0"
diff --git a/docs/format/source/conf.py b/docs/format/source/conf.py
index ff469845..2f9ac477 100644
--- a/docs/format/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/format/source/conf.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def setup(app):
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '2.5.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.5.0-alpha'
+release = '2.5.0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/docs/format/source/format_release_notes.rst b/docs/format/source/format_release_notes.rst
index 00c881a9..dd11b616 100644
--- a/docs/format/source/format_release_notes.rst
+++ b/docs/format/source/format_release_notes.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Release Notes
 =============
 
-2.5.0 (Upcoming)
+2.5.0 (June 14, 2022)
 ---------------------
 
 Major changes
@@ -12,20 +12,20 @@ Major changes
 
 Minor changes
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-- The elements `x`, `y`, `z`, `imp` and `filtering` are now optional instead of required.
-- Added an ``offset`` attribute to all ``TimeSeries`` objects to allow enhanced translation to scientific units.
+- The elements `x`, `y`, `z`, `imp` and `filtering` are now optional instead of required. (#506)
+- Added an ``offset`` attribute to all ``TimeSeries`` objects to allow enhanced translation to scientific units. (#494)
 - Allowed ``NWBFile/stimulus/templates`` to contain ``Images`` objects. (#459)
 - Added new optional "order_of_images" dataset to ``Images`` that contains an ordered list of object references to
   ``Image`` objects stored in the same ``Images`` object. This dataset must be used if the images are referred to
-  by index, e.g., from an ``IndexSeries`` object. Created new neurodata type ImageReferences which should be used
+  by index, e.g., from an ``IndexSeries`` object. Created new neurodata type ``ImageReferences`` which should be used
   for this dataset. (#459, #518, #519, #520)
 - Overhauled ``IndexSeries`` type (#459):
   - Fixed dtype of ``data`` dataset of ``IndexSeries`` (int32 -> uint32).
   - Updated ``unit`` attribute of ``data`` to have fixed value "N/A".
-  - Updated docstrings for the ``conversion`` and ``resolution`` attributes of ``data`` to indicate that
+  - Updated docstrings for the ``conversion``, ``resolution``, and ``offset`` attributes of ``data`` to indicate that
     these fields are not used.
   - Added link to an ``Images`` object, which contains an ordered collection of images.
-    Discouraged use of the ``indexed_timeseries`` link to an ``ImageSeries``.
+  - Discouraged use of the ``indexed_timeseries`` link to an ``ImageSeries``.
 - Updated ``TimeIntervals`` to use the new ``TimeSeriesReferenceVectorData`` type. This does not alter the overall structure
   of ``TimeIntervals`` in a major way aside from changing the value of the ``neurodata_type`` attribute in the file
   from ``VectorData`` to ```TimeSeriesReferenceVectorData``. This change replaces the existing ``TimeIntervals.timeseries``