diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 275e45fd444790323eefca75b82385f8b86dd77a..5fb120c36022ed942be3babb02780611f8512e7d 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <property name="php-cs-fixers" value="no_blank_lines_before_namespaces,function_call_space,trailing_spaces,unused_use,lowercase_keywords,encoding,parenthesis,php_closing_tag,visibility,duplicate_semicolon,extra_empty_lines,no_blank_lines_after_class_opening,no_empty_lines_after_phpdocs,operators_spaces,spaces_before_semicolon,ternary_spaces,concat_with_spaces,short_array_syntax,phpdoc_no_access,remove_leading_slash_use" />
 
 
-  <property name="version" value="2.4.1" />
+  <property name="version" value="2.5" />
 
   <!-- We only need the -p switch if the password is non-blank -->
   <if><not><equals arg1="${mysqlrootpass}" arg2="" /></not><then>
diff --git a/config/vufind/config.ini b/config/vufind/config.ini
index b07d31142d1eaaf1ae73a7be3c55b8baa29e9a7e..86c369b5a86a432b391f14292a3f86ca612b539a 100644
--- a/config/vufind/config.ini
+++ b/config/vufind/config.ini
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ bookBagMaxSize = 100
 ; Display bulk items (export, save, etc.) and checkboxes on search result screens?
 showBulkOptions = false
 ; Generator value to display in an HTML header <meta> tag:
-generator = "VuFind 2.4.1"
+generator = "VuFind 2.5"
 
 ; This section allows you to configure the mechanism used for storing user
 ; sessions.  Available types: File, Memcache, Database.
diff --git a/packages/DEBIAN/changelog b/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
index a4135b48cf1f40800119de963f2f7de6ae35517d..3843797b14ffdf85c9d0ab7d5aae2f7410a4c9ed 100644
--- a/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
+++ b/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+vufind 2.5 distribution; urgency=low
+
+  * VuFind 2.5 release (see http://vufind.org/wiki/changelog for details) 
+
+ -- maintainer VuFind Project Administration Team <vufind-admins@lists.sourceforge.net>  Mo 28 Sep 2015 09:00:00 UTC
+
 vufind 2.4.1 distribution; urgency=low
 
   * VuFind 2.4.1 release (see http://vufind.org/wiki/changelog for details) 
diff --git a/packages/DEBIAN/control b/packages/DEBIAN/control
index 868112ab5a94390c0538601c6336e382a66aa0c4..a4944eb444df9e137f0bde083411e5da76d4bc29 100644
--- a/packages/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/packages/DEBIAN/control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: vufind2
-Version: 2.4.1
+Version: 2.5
 Section: World Wide Web
 Priority: Optional
 Architecture: all