diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index c81ab30d8..aa6c7ea02 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 Changelog
 *********
 
+2.5.0 -- 2022-06-20
+===================
+
+Maintenance
+------------------------
+* Pin ``cryptography`` to last version that supports Python2
+
 2.4.0 -- 2021-07-01
 ===================
 
diff --git a/src/aws_encryption_sdk/identifiers.py b/src/aws_encryption_sdk/identifiers.py
index 4c699d55b..ab426710d 100644
--- a/src/aws_encryption_sdk/identifiers.py
+++ b/src/aws_encryption_sdk/identifiers.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     # We only actually need these imports when running the mypy checks
     pass
 
-__version__ = "2.4.0"
+__version__ = "2.5.0"
 USER_AGENT_SUFFIX = "AwsEncryptionSdkPython/{}".format(__version__)