diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7c51de31..775a1bea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [25.11.0] - 2025-11-07
+
 ## [25.11.0-rc1] - 2025-11-06
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 70f7ac61..66f8231a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2456,7 +2456,7 @@ checksum = "6ce2be8dc25455e1f91df71bfa12ad37d7af1092ae736f3a6cd0e37bc7810596"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stackable-hdfs-operator"
-version = "25.11.0-rc1"
+version = "25.11.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "built",
diff --git a/Cargo.nix b/Cargo.nix
index 092edc05..c1b108eb 100644
--- a/Cargo.nix
+++ b/Cargo.nix
@@ -7980,7 +7980,7 @@ rec {
       };
       "stackable-hdfs-operator" = rec {
         crateName = "stackable-hdfs-operator";
-        version = "25.11.0-rc1";
+        version = "25.11.0";
         edition = "2021";
         crateBin = [
           {
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b8e536f6..ab90b429 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ members = ["rust/operator-binary"]
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "25.11.0-rc1"
+version = "25.11.0"
 authors = ["Stackable GmbH <info@stackable.tech>"]
 license = "OSL-3.0"
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/deploy/helm/hdfs-operator/Chart.yaml b/deploy/helm/hdfs-operator/Chart.yaml
index 084d7c2e..b2aad108 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/hdfs-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/hdfs-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 apiVersion: v2
 name: hdfs-operator
-version: "25.11.0-rc1"
-appVersion: "25.11.0-rc1"
+version: "25.11.0"
+appVersion: "25.11.0"
 description: The Stackable Operator for Apache HDFS
 home: https://github.com/stackabletech/hdfs-operator
 maintainers:
diff --git a/docs/modules/hdfs/examples/getting_started/getting_started.sh b/docs/modules/hdfs/examples/getting_started/getting_started.sh
index bc7d29e9..2b419fdc 100755
--- a/docs/modules/hdfs/examples/getting_started/getting_started.sh
+++ b/docs/modules/hdfs/examples/getting_started/getting_started.sh
@@ -21,22 +21,22 @@ case "$1" in
 "helm")
 echo "Installing Operators with Helm"
 # tag::helm-install-operators[]
-helm install --wait zookeeper-operator oci://oci.stackable.tech/sdp-charts/zookeeper-operator --version 25.11.0-rc1
-helm install --wait hdfs-operator oci://oci.stackable.tech/sdp-charts/hdfs-operator --version 25.11.0-rc1
-helm install --wait commons-operator oci://oci.stackable.tech/sdp-charts/commons-operator --version 25.11.0-rc1
-helm install --wait secret-operator oci://oci.stackable.tech/sdp-charts/secret-operator --version 25.11.0-rc1
-helm install --wait listener-operator oci://oci.stackable.tech/sdp-charts/listener-operator --version 25.11.0-rc1 --set preset=stable-nodes
+helm install --wait zookeeper-operator oci://oci.stackable.tech/sdp-charts/zookeeper-operator --version 25.11.0
+helm install --wait hdfs-operator oci://oci.stackable.tech/sdp-charts/hdfs-operator --version 25.11.0
+helm install --wait commons-operator oci://oci.stackable.tech/sdp-charts/commons-operator --version 25.11.0
+helm install --wait secret-operator oci://oci.stackable.tech/sdp-charts/secret-operator --version 25.11.0
+helm install --wait listener-operator oci://oci.stackable.tech/sdp-charts/listener-operator --version 25.11.0 --set preset=stable-nodes
 # end::helm-install-operators[]
 ;;
 "stackablectl")
 echo "installing Operators with stackablectl"
 # tag::stackablectl-install-operators[]
 stackablectl operator install \
-  commons=25.11.0-rc1 \
-  secret=25.11.0-rc1 \
-  listener=25.11.0-rc1 \
-  zookeeper=25.11.0-rc1 \
-  hdfs=25.11.0-rc1
+  commons=25.11.0 \
+  secret=25.11.0 \
+  listener=25.11.0 \
+  zookeeper=25.11.0 \
+  hdfs=25.11.0
 # end::stackablectl-install-operators[]
 ;;
 *)
diff --git a/docs/modules/hdfs/examples/getting_started/install_output.txt b/docs/modules/hdfs/examples/getting_started/install_output.txt
index 249ea16a..84431cde 100644
--- a/docs/modules/hdfs/examples/getting_started/install_output.txt
+++ b/docs/modules/hdfs/examples/getting_started/install_output.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Installed commons=25.11.0-rc1 operator
-Installed secret=25.11.0-rc1 operator
-Installed listener=25.11.0-rc1 operator
-Installed zookeeper=25.11.0-rc1 operator
-Installed hdfs=25.11.0-rc1 operator
+Installed commons=25.11.0 operator
+Installed secret=25.11.0 operator
+Installed listener=25.11.0 operator
+Installed zookeeper=25.11.0 operator
+Installed hdfs=25.11.0 operator
diff --git a/docs/templating_vars.yaml b/docs/templating_vars.yaml
index 826b8f8a..41cb3119 100644
--- a/docs/templating_vars.yaml
+++ b/docs/templating_vars.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ helm:
   repo_name: sdp-charts
   repo_url: oci.stackable.tech
 versions:
-  commons: 25.11.0-rc1
-  secret: 25.11.0-rc1
-  listener: 25.11.0-rc1
-  zookeeper: 25.11.0-rc1
-  hdfs: 25.11.0-rc1
+  commons: 25.11.0
+  secret: 25.11.0
+  listener: 25.11.0
+  zookeeper: 25.11.0
+  hdfs: 25.11.0
diff --git a/tests/release.yaml b/tests/release.yaml
index 50ae1eaf..f1857684 100644
--- a/tests/release.yaml
+++ b/tests/release.yaml
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ releases:
     description: Integration test
     products:
       commons:
-        operatorVersion: 25.11.0-rc1
+        operatorVersion: 25.11.0
       secret:
-        operatorVersion: 25.11.0-rc1
+        operatorVersion: 25.11.0
       listener:
-        operatorVersion: 25.11.0-rc1
+        operatorVersion: 25.11.0
       zookeeper:
-        operatorVersion: 25.11.0-rc1
+        operatorVersion: 25.11.0
       opa:
-        operatorVersion: 25.11.0-rc1
+        operatorVersion: 25.11.0
       hdfs:
-        operatorVersion: 25.11.0-rc1
+        operatorVersion: 25.11.0