diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 0976f0cc..fb6ceb08 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% set name = "zppy" %}
-{% set version = "2.5.0rc2" %}
+{% set version = "2.5.0" %}
 
 package:
   name: {{ name|lower }}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 178cf733..3f5c80c0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def package_files(directory, prefixes, extensions):
 
 setup(
     name="zppy",
-    version="2.5.0rc2",
+    version="2.5.0",
     author="Ryan Forsyth, Chris Golaz",
     author_email="forsyth2@llnl.gov, golaz1@llnl.gov",
     description="Post-processing software for E3SM",
diff --git a/tbump.toml b/tbump.toml
index 65bec083..f19dcd26 100644
--- a/tbump.toml
+++ b/tbump.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 github_url = "https://github.com/E3SM-Project/zppy.git"
 
 [version]
-current = "2.5.0rc2"
+current = "2.5.0"
 
 # Example of a semver regexp with support for PEP 440
 # release candidates.Make sure this matches current_version
diff --git a/zppy/__init__.py b/zppy/__init__.py
index 82a10690..f6954771 100644
--- a/zppy/__init__.py
+++ b/zppy/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "v2.5.0rc2"
+__version__ = "v2.5.0"