diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 175aee8..c837a6f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ You can install Sniffles2 using pip or conda using:
 
 or
 
-`conda install sniffles=2.5.3`
+`conda install sniffles=2.5.1`
 
 If you previously installed Sniffles1 using conda and want to upgrade to Sniffles2, you can use:
 
-`conda update sniffles=2.5.3`
+`conda update sniffles=2.5.1`
 
 ## Requirements
 * Python == 3.10
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a7eb3cd..9b0e06e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = sniffles
-version = 2.5.3
+version = 2.5.1
 author = Moritz Smolka, Hermann Romanek
 author_email = moritz.g.smolka@gmail.com, sniffles@romanek.at
 description = A fast structural variation caller for long-read sequencing data
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 47aca38..4e676fb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='sniffles',
-    version='2.5',
+    version='2.5.1',
     packages=find_packages(),
     url='https://github.com/fritzsedlazeck/Sniffles',
     license='MIT',