diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5345d12d..ba430041 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+ncmpcpp-0.2.5
+
+ + support for unix domain sockets
+ + support for adding to playlist files outside mpd music directory (requires mpd >= 0.14_alpha*)
+ + support for browsing local directories tree (requires mpd >= 0.14_alpha*)
+ + support for searching in current playlist
+ + many bugfixes
+
+
 ncmpcpp-0.2.4
 
  + fixed bug with not null terminated strings on mac os x
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a128304d..64ea21da 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 AC_INIT(configure.in)
 
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ncmpcpp, 0.2.5_pre)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ncmpcpp, 0.2.5)
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)