diff --git a/maintainer/conda/MDAnalysis/meta.yaml b/maintainer/conda/MDAnalysis/meta.yaml
index f2037a87e3a..10bd1ed696f 100644
--- a/maintainer/conda/MDAnalysis/meta.yaml
+++ b/maintainer/conda/MDAnalysis/meta.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package:
   name: mdanalysis
   # This has to be changed after a release
-  version: "2.5.0-dev0"
+  version: "2.5.0"
 
 source:
    git_url: https://github.com/MDAnalysis/mdanalysis
diff --git a/package/CHANGELOG b/package/CHANGELOG
index a291f3ecc2e..29fcfa8671a 100644
--- a/package/CHANGELOG
+++ b/package/CHANGELOG
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The rules for this file:
   * release numbers follow "Semantic Versioning" http://semver.org
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-??/??/?? IAlibay, pgbarletta, mglagolev, hmacdope, manuel.nuno.melo, chrispfae, 
+05/28/23 IAlibay, pgbarletta, mglagolev, hmacdope, manuel.nuno.melo, chrispfae, 
          ooprathamm, MeetB7, BFedder, v-parmar, MoSchaeffler, jbarnoud, jandom,
          xhgchen, jaclark5, DrDomenicoMarson, AHMED-salah00, schlaicha,
          SophiaRuan, g2707, p-j-smith, tylerjereddy, xiki-tempula, richardjgowers,
diff --git a/package/MDAnalysis/version.py b/package/MDAnalysis/version.py
index b940f838c40..46bbbd8ce59 100644
--- a/package/MDAnalysis/version.py
+++ b/package/MDAnalysis/version.py
@@ -67,4 +67,4 @@
 # e.g. with lib.log
 
 #: Release of MDAnalysis as a string, using `semantic versioning`_.
-__version__ = "2.5.0-dev0"  # NOTE: keep in sync with RELEASE in setup.py
+__version__ = "2.5.0"  # NOTE: keep in sync with RELEASE in setup.py
diff --git a/package/setup.py b/package/setup.py
index dd2fbaf194e..1d877937a39 100755
--- a/package/setup.py
+++ b/package/setup.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 from subprocess import getoutput
 
 # NOTE: keep in sync with MDAnalysis.__version__ in version.py
-RELEASE = "2.5.0-dev0"
+RELEASE = "2.5.0"
 
 is_release = 'dev' not in RELEASE
 
diff --git a/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/__init__.py b/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/__init__.py
index 5857d1ec30b..28e5e3dd934 100644
--- a/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/__init__.py
+++ b/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/__init__.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger("MDAnalysisTests.__init__")
 
 # keep in sync with RELEASE in setup.py
-__version__ = "2.5.0-dev0"
+__version__ = "2.5.0"
 
 
 # Do NOT import MDAnalysis at this level. Tests should do it themselves.
diff --git a/testsuite/setup.py b/testsuite/setup.py
index 5d951586cab..50c7f5fbf11 100755
--- a/testsuite/setup.py
+++ b/testsuite/setup.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     # this must be in-sync with MDAnalysis
-    RELEASE = "2.5.0-dev0"
+    RELEASE = "2.5.0"
     with open("README") as summary:
         LONG_DESCRIPTION = summary.read()