diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: remotes
 Title: R Package Installation from Remote Repositories, Including 'GitHub'
-Version: 2.4.2.9000
+Version: 2.5.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Gábor", "Csárdi", , "csardi.gabor@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Jim", "Hester", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# remotes development version
+# remotes 2.5.0
 
 * `install_github()` now uses credentials from the git
   credential store, if `GITHUB_PAT` and `GITHUB_TOKEN` are not set.