diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 606b014417..e02bf0ac9e 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -184,11 +184,11 @@ authors:
 
 
 cff-version: 1.2.0
-date-released: 2022-03-10
+date-released: 2022-03-14
 doi: "10.5281/zenodo.3387139"
 license: "Apache-2.0"
 message: "If you use this software, please cite it using these metadata."
 repository-code: "https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/"
 title: ESMValCore
-version: "v2.5.0rc6"
+version: "v2.5.0"
 ...
diff --git a/doc/changelog.rst b/doc/changelog.rst
index 651b450544..cc528acfc4 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/changelog.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Backwards incompatible changes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 -  Update Cordex section in  `config-developer.yml` (`#1303 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1303>`__) `francesco-cmcc <https://github.com/francesco-cmcc>`__. This changes the naming convention of ESMValCore's output files from CORDEX dataset. This only affects recipes that use CORDEX data. Most likely, no changes in diagnostics are necessary; however, if code relies on the specific naming convention of files, it might need to be adapted.
-- ESMValTool and ESMValCore v2.5.0 dropped support for Python 3.7. From now on Python >=3.8 is required to install ESMValTool. The main reason for this is that conda-forge dropped support for Python 3.7 for OSX and arm64 (more details are given `here <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValTool/issues/2584#issuecomment-1063853630>`__).
+-  Dropped Python 3.7 (`#1530 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1530>`__) `Manuel Schlund <https://github.com/schlunma>`__. ESMValCore v2.5.0 dropped support for Python 3.7. From now on Python >=3.8 is required to install ESMValCore. The main reason for this is that conda-forge dropped support for Python 3.7 for OSX and arm64 (more details are given `here <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValTool/issues/2584#issuecomment-1063853630>`__).
 
 Bug fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ Documentation
 -  Increased ESMValCore version to 2.5.0rc4 (`#1519 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1519>`__) `Manuel Schlund <https://github.com/schlunma>`__
 -  Add Github Actions Test badge in README (`#1526 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1526>`__) `Valeriu Predoi <https://github.com/valeriupredoi>`__
 -  Increased ESMValCore version to 2.5.0rc5 (`#1529 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1529>`__) `Manuel Schlund <https://github.com/schlunma>`__
+-  Increased ESMValCore version to 2.5.0rc6 (`#1532 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1532>`__) `Manuel Schlund <https://github.com/schlunma>`__
 
 Fixes for datasets
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -116,7 +117,6 @@ Installation
 -  Pinned `iris` (`#1511 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1511>`__) `Manuel Schlund <https://github.com/schlunma>`__
 -  Updated dependencies (`#1521 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1521>`__) `Manuel Schlund <https://github.com/schlunma>`__
 -  Pinned iris<3.2.0 (`#1525 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1525>`__) `Manuel Schlund <https://github.com/schlunma>`__
--  Dropped Python 3.7 (`#1530 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1530>`__) `Manuel Schlund <https://github.com/schlunma>`__
 
 Improvements
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/esmvalcore/_version.py b/esmvalcore/_version.py
index b713a2eb2d..f0b80de988 100644
--- a/esmvalcore/_version.py
+++ b/esmvalcore/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 """ESMValCore version."""
-__version__ = '2.5.0rc6'
+__version__ = '2.5.0'
diff --git a/package/meta.yaml b/package/meta.yaml
index 97dbd6a093..1a666fa521 100644
--- a/package/meta.yaml
+++ b/package/meta.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # conda build package -c conda-forge
 
 # Package version number
-{% set version = "2.5.0rc6" %}
+{% set version = "2.5.0" %}
 
 package:
   name: esmvalcore