diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 0de2a3a..066265d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+v2.5.0
+
+* `consult/2` function for reading a file directly to a json term
+* `maps_always` build flag for always returning maps on platforms
+  that support them
+* dialyzer fixes
+
 v2.4.0
 
 * enough performance improvements to justify a new version. 2-3x
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 857043a..c2a2081 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# jsx (v2.4) #
+# jsx (v2.5.0) #
 
 an erlang application for consuming, producing and manipulating [json][json]. 
 inspired by [yajl][yajl]
diff --git a/src/jsx.app.src b/src/jsx.app.src
index f0090de..752fab2 100644
--- a/src/jsx.app.src
+++ b/src/jsx.app.src
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {application, jsx,
 [
     {description, "a streaming, evented json parsing toolkit"},
-    {vsn, "2.4.0"},
+    {vsn, "2.5.0"},
     {modules, [
         jsx,
         jsx_encoder,