diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b0887d9e12..d517262fc0 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ exclude =
     .git,
     .venv,
     __pycache__,
-    dist
\ No newline at end of file
+    dist
+    build
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/autotrain/__init__.py b/src/autotrain/__init__.py
index 8e8254ac4b..ff1d0f304e 100644
--- a/src/autotrain/__init__.py
+++ b/src/autotrain/__init__.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=UserWarning, module="huggingface_hub")
 
 logger = Logger().get_logger()
-__version__ = "0.8.25.dev0"
+__version__ = "0.8.25"
 
 
 def is_colab():