diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 3dca31c..1c795bf 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+======================
+ What's new in 2.2.5
+======================
+
+Release: 2024-10-20
+
+* (Windows wheel) Update MariaDB Connector/C to 3.4.1. #726
+* (Windows wheel) Build wheels for Python 3.13. #726
+
 ======================
  What's new in 2.2.4
 ======================
@@ -633,4 +642,3 @@ ursor.fetchXXXDict() methods raise DeprecationWarning
 cursor.begin() is making a brief reappearence.
 
 cursor.callproc() now works, with some limitations.
-
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 25cdb5f..1976248 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
     "Topic :: Database",
     "Topic :: Database :: Database Engines/Servers",
 ]
diff --git a/src/MySQLdb/release.py b/src/MySQLdb/release.py
index 35d53e2..a1b63f6 100644
--- a/src/MySQLdb/release.py
+++ b/src/MySQLdb/release.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 __author__ = "Inada Naoki <songofacandy@gmail.com>"
-__version__ = "2.2.4"
-version_info = (2, 2, 4, "final", 0)
+__version__ = "2.2.5"
+version_info = (2, 2, 5, "final", 0)