diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index d9bf6b0..1448b22 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.4.0
+current_version = 2.5.0
 tag_name = {new_version}
 commit = True
 tag = True
diff --git a/normality/__init__.py b/normality/__init__.py
index aef538e..df04ea0 100644
--- a/normality/__init__.py
+++ b/normality/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from normality.slugify import slugify
 from normality.util import Categories, Encoding
 
-__version__ = "2.4.0"
+__version__ = "2.5.0"
 __all__ = [
     "collapse_spaces",
     "category_replace",