diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
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--- a/RELEASE
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+AppScale version 2.5.0, released November, 2015
+Highlights of features/bugs in this release:
+- Misc AppController fixes related to port collisions
+- Handle reserved delimiters in property values
+- Invalid index record grooming
+- Keep AppScale logs between restarts
+- Backup & Recovery of application source code
+- Fixed AppController self-lock issue
+- Fixed issue with AppScale not coming up after reboot
+- Default monit configuration changes (naming, cleanup, file checks, etc.)
+- Fixed bug in removing applications from AppScale
+
 AppScale version 2.4.0, released September, 2015
 Highlights of features/bugs in this release:
 - Upgraded to Ruby 1.9
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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-AppScale version 2.4.0
+AppScale version 2.5.0