diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index c65b4ed9e..8c39f4e14 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,35 @@
+### v12.5.1 (2024-09-23)
+
+#### Bug fixes
+
+* Fixed handling of Pino merging object ([#2600](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2600)) ([de3c266](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/de3c26683a1fb63da26cfd813599774a5db61097))
+
+#### Documentation
+
+* Updated compatibility report ([#2589](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2589)) ([2f45a4a](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/2f45a4a535d83ac8fe073ed5082edda4ff1fb720))
+
+#### Miscellaneous chores
+
+* **deps:** Udpated @newrelic/security-agent to v2.0.0 ([#2594](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2594)) ([92e6978](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/92e6978d74b365085afa719b02c41d07b1ba82ea))
+
+#### Tests
+
+* Convert transaction* and urltils tests to `node:test` ([#2585](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2585)) ([d169546](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/d169546b7c51d83db0697f941343cd334f675e60))
+* Fixed @koa/router tests. path-to-regex differs between @koa/router and koa-router now ([#2587](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2587)) ([608dd98](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/608dd98924a3b8fd4b3b48d8fc3a0dc54ce493b2))
+* Removed transitive deps from versioned tests as they will auto-install if required as peer deps ([#2580](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2580)) ([0db6599](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/0db6599505ca568c82f36584f3214adcdb68a976))
+* Updated a missing `minSupported` in aws-sdk-v3 versioned tests ([#2582](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2582)) ([c997af6](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/c997af6ab935ff103fa97a21d204c9482e66aa61))
+* Updated fastify versioned tests to work with `fastify@5.0.0` ([#2584](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2584)) ([a5a1526](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/a5a1526c9aa83ca96d5d6e3ac0cc703cf7042efc))
+* Updated how we handle the koa-router nuance of wildcard routes ([#2588](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2588)) ([ddeb097](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/ddeb097a7f29b8fcdd7b4082fa4f8b55e5e386a9))
+* Updated koa-router to tests to handle bug fixes from 13.0.1 ([#2578](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2578)) ([a28e2e6](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/a28e2e66e8bcc71aadd6bbd9a84eadbc4990d490))
+* Migrate block of unit tests to `node:test` ([#2570](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2570)) ([5cd1d8a](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/5cd1d8aa6fa673d090e7b3d5fdc962c75c866706))
+* Migrate second block of unit tests to `node:test` ([#2572](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2572)) ([943a83e](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/943a83eb9f6267d76cd576c5375889cff89557e9))
+* Reduce koa-router version to enable CI ([#2573](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2573)) ([f44a99b](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/f44a99b2ffdd7b35c38708ebf200fb266e740187))
+* Removed noisy test log ([#2583](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2583)) ([3766ed6](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/3766ed634df348898515f95edc3c58389d67b62d))
+
+#### Continuous integration
+
+* Added workflow run trigger to Azure site extension publish job ([#2575](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2575)) ([e8ae942](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/e8ae94249553c8c648e43adec271e9e2900c574a))
+
 ### v12.5.0 (2024-09-12)
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/changelog.json b/changelog.json
index b5920c069..c70394dfb 100644
--- a/changelog.json
+++ b/changelog.json
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 {
   "repository": "newrelic/node-newrelic",
   "entries": [
+    {
+      "version": "12.5.1",
+      "changes": {
+        "security": [],
+        "bugfixes": [
+          "Fixed handling of Pino merging object"
+        ],
+        "features": []
+      }
+    },
     {
       "version": "12.5.0",
       "changes": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ecc668b33..b530911f3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "newrelic",
-  "version": "12.5.0",
+  "version": "12.5.1",
   "author": "New Relic Node.js agent team <nodejs@newrelic.com>",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "contributors": [