diff --git a/PyPDF2/_version.py b/PyPDF2/_version.py
index 8046eb7ee..760870ccf 100644
--- a/PyPDF2/_version.py
+++ b/PyPDF2/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.25.1-a'
+__version__ = '1.25.1'