diff --git a/esrally/_version.py b/esrally/_version.py
index bee6b3e56..50062f87c 100644
--- a/esrally/_version.py
+++ b/esrally/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.5.0.dev0"
+__version__ = "2.5.0"