diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 76ff7c0f..7d81b45a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 2.5.0 - 2023-04-10
+
+1. Add option for instantiating separate client object
+
 ## 2.4.2 - 2023-03-30
 
 1. Update backoff dependency for posthoganalytics package to be the same as posthog package
diff --git a/posthog/version.py b/posthog/version.py
index 5d00b78e..eecdc629 100644
--- a/posthog/version.py
+++ b/posthog/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = "2.4.2"
+VERSION = "2.5.0"
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     print(VERSION, end="")  # noqa: T201