diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 0f3e7e52..333d1c56 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ New features
 - GPU version
 
 
-2.5.1 (upcoming)
-================
+2.5.1 (28/07/2023)
+==================
 
 Enhancements
 ------------
diff --git a/Corrfunc/__init__.py b/Corrfunc/__init__.py
index fe949eb4..9c839d19 100644
--- a/Corrfunc/__init__.py
+++ b/Corrfunc/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import sys
 import warnings
 
-__version__ = "2.5.0"
+__version__ = "2.5.1"
 __author__ = "Manodeep Sinha <manodeep@gmail.com>"
 
 
diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index 455edda8..1fa7e0cf 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ OPT += -DUSE_OMP
 DISTNAME:=Corrfunc
 MAJOR:=2
 MINOR:=5
-PATCHLEVEL:=0
+PATCHLEVEL:=1
 VERSION:=$(MAJOR).$(MINOR).$(PATCHLEVEL)
 ABI_COMPAT_VERSION:=$(MAJOR).0
 # Whenever conda needs to be checked again
diff --git a/utils/defs.h b/utils/defs.h
index 1b793492..3b6e515b 100644
--- a/utils/defs.h
+++ b/utils/defs.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#define API_VERSION          STR("2.5.0")
+#define API_VERSION          STR("2.5.1")
 
 /* Macros as mask for the binning_flags */
 /* These consititute the 32 bytes for