diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 31d3a80f..bbddae16 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Change Log - @splunk/otel
 
+## 2.5.0
+
+- Upgrade to OpenTelemetry `1.17.1` / `0.44.0`. [#822](https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-js/pull/822)
+
 ## 2.4.4
 
 - Support older libc++ ABIs. This should remove the need for a compilation step on CentOS 7 when running npm install. [#806](https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-js/pull/806)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 816223fa..02738f56 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@splunk/otel",
-  "version": "2.4.4",
+  "version": "2.5.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@splunk/otel",
-      "version": "2.4.4",
+      "version": "2.5.0",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f8f57773..a6d7bcdf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@splunk/otel",
-  "version": "2.4.4",
+  "version": "2.5.0",
   "description": "The Splunk distribution of OpenTelemetry Node Instrumentation provides a Node agent that automatically instruments your Node application to capture and report distributed traces to Splunk APM.",
   "repository": "git@github.com:signalfx/splunk-otel-js.git",
   "author": "Splunk <splunk-oss@splunk.com>",
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index c9522b00..5fe8e5f3 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export const VERSION = '2.4.4';
+export const VERSION = '2.5.0';