diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index 0a81b9749..8441e757d 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Rebar 2.5.0
+
+* Reverted rebar/281: [Move include/rebar.hrl to src/rebar.hrl](https://github.com/rebar/rebar/pull/281) as it broke backwards compatibility
+
 # Rebar 2.4.0
 
 * rebar/52: [Slim release support](https://github.com/rebar/rebar/pull/52)
diff --git a/ebin/rebar.app b/ebin/rebar.app
index 0440d2143..9ee54e6b1 100644
--- a/ebin/rebar.app
+++ b/ebin/rebar.app
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 {application, rebar,
  [{description, "Rebar: Erlang Build Tool"},
-  {vsn, "2.4.0"},
+  {vsn, "2.5.0"},
   {modules, [ rebar,
               rebar_abnfc_compiler,
               rebar_app_utils,