diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8e523e13a..ff8b489d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,10 +7,15 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+# [0.25.0] - 03-27-2024
+
+- [828](https://github.com/OSC/ood_core/pull/828) and [826](https://github.com/OSC/ood_core/pull/826)
+  add configurable heartbeats to noVNC connections.
+
 # [0.24.2] - 01-24-2024
 
 - [823](https://github.com/OSC/ood_core/pull/823) Corrected a mistake in converting duration to seconds.
-* [821](https://github.com/OSC/ood_core/pull/821) add container_start_args to pass options to the start command.
+- [821](https://github.com/OSC/ood_core/pull/821) add container_start_args to pass options to the start command.
 
 ## [0.24.1] - 11-29-2023
 
diff --git a/lib/ood_core/version.rb b/lib/ood_core/version.rb
index 92209b2c5..1701470e7 100644
--- a/lib/ood_core/version.rb
+++ b/lib/ood_core/version.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 module OodCore
   # The current version of {OodCore}
-  VERSION = "0.24.2"
+  VERSION = "0.25.0"
 end