diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 986e2de9..dda3ce99 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,10 +7,16 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [unreleased]
 
-## [0.24.3] - 2024-09-24
+## [0.25.0] - 2024-09-25
 
-- Adds support for form field related improvements by making fields accept any type of values
-- Adds support for optional fields to properly optional
+### Changes
+
+- Removes use of `UserContext` in user GET API in dashboard recipe.
+- Makes optional fields properly optional (i:e the value can be omitted entirely)
+
+### Breaking changes
+
+- Changes the type of `value` in `TypeFormField` to `interface{}` instead of `string` to add support for any type of value in form fields.
 
 ## [0.24.2] - 2024-09-03
 
diff --git a/recipe/dashboard/api/usersGet.go b/recipe/dashboard/api/usersGet.go
index 9c20e5f1..ccb86c95 100644
--- a/recipe/dashboard/api/usersGet.go
+++ b/recipe/dashboard/api/usersGet.go
@@ -121,7 +121,11 @@ func UsersGet(apiImplementation dashboardmodels.APIInterface, tenantId string, o
 			User     map[string]interface{} `json:"user"`
 		}) {
 			defer processingGroup.Done()
-			userMetadataResponse, err := usermetadata.GetUserMetadata(userObj.User["id"].(string), userContext)
+
+			// NOTE: If userContext is passed in the following call, it could
+			// possibly lead to a concurrent map write error so it's important
+			// to be careful while adding that.
+			userMetadataResponse, err := usermetadata.GetUserMetadata(userObj.User["id"].(string))
 			<-sem
 			if err != nil {
 				errInBackground = err
diff --git a/supertokens/constants.go b/supertokens/constants.go
index 1ac2c115..40e7b7a7 100644
--- a/supertokens/constants.go
+++ b/supertokens/constants.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 // VERSION current version of the lib
-const VERSION = "0.24.3"
+const VERSION = "0.25.0"
 
 var (
 	cdiSupported = []string{"3.1"}