diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f7ffbf3c..84d35b5d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 env:
   # Customize the CMake build type here (Release, Debug, RelWithDebInfo, etc.)
   BUILD_TYPE: Release
-  version: osslsigncode-2.5-dev
+  version: osslsigncode-2.5
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ca123424..484f1424 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ project(osslsigncode
   LANGUAGES C)
 
 # force nonstandard version format for development packages
-set(DEV "-dev")
+set(DEV "")
 set(PROJECT_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}${DEV}")
 
 # version and contact information
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 7f177ab5..4d067d47 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 # osslsigncode change log
 
-### 2.5 (unreleased)
+### 2.5 (2022.08.12)
 
+- fixed the Unix executable install path
+- fixed the hardcoded "pkcs11" engine id
+- fixed building with MinGW
+- fixed testing with the python3 distributed with Ubuntu 18.04
 
 ### 2.4 (2022.08.02)