diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: dbplyr
 Title: A 'dplyr' Back End for Databases
-Version: 2.4.0.9000
+Version: 2.5.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", , "hadley@posit.co", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Maximilian", "Girlich", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# dbplyr (development version)
+# dbplyr 2.5.0
 
 ## Improved tools for qualified table names