diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9f0b90abc..982dcb973 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-## [Unreleased 0.2.5]
+## [Unreleased 0.2.6]
+
+## [Release 0.2.5]
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/example/deployment-aws.yaml b/example/deployment-aws.yaml
index 07e13ef00..f661d0e62 100644
--- a/example/deployment-aws.yaml
+++ b/example/deployment-aws.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: etcd-operator
-        image: quay.io/coreos/etcd-operator:v0.2.4
+        image: quay.io/coreos/etcd-operator:v0.2.5
         command: 
         - /usr/local/bin/etcd-operator
         - --pv-provisioner=kubernetes.io/aws-ebs
diff --git a/example/deployment-s3-backup.yaml.template b/example/deployment-s3-backup.yaml.template
index 55eb4b8c8..ae2d8c533 100644
--- a/example/deployment-s3-backup.yaml.template
+++ b/example/deployment-s3-backup.yaml.template
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: etcd-operator
-        image: quay.io/coreos/etcd-operator:v0.2.4
+        image: quay.io/coreos/etcd-operator:v0.2.5
         command:
         - /usr/local/bin/etcd-operator
         - --backup-aws-secret=aws # assuming the configmap and secret are both named 'aws'
diff --git a/example/deployment.yaml b/example/deployment.yaml
index c90ae9233..861cc7cd3 100644
--- a/example/deployment.yaml
+++ b/example/deployment.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: etcd-operator
-        image: quay.io/coreos/etcd-operator:v0.2.4
+        image: quay.io/coreos/etcd-operator:v0.2.5
         env:
         - name: MY_POD_NAMESPACE
           valueFrom:
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index a5e553878..71508c086 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
 package version
 
 var (
-	Version = "0.2.4+git"
+	Version = "0.2.5"
 	GitSHA  = "Not provided (use ./build instead of go build)"
 )