diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 6576351b94b875b909b608b2d4213eb91ba14a9d..129f965b6ebb6cf199cab88bfe8aa819cf2e8365 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Cython Changelog
 ================
 
-0.25 (2016-??-??)
+0.25 (2016-10-25)
 =================
 
 Features added
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ Features added
 
 * Support for bazel using a the pyx_library rule in //Tools:rules.bzl.
 
-Bugs fixed
-----------
+Significant Bugs fixed
+----------------------
 
 * Division of complex numbers avoids overflow by using Smith's method.
 
diff --git a/Cython/Shadow.py b/Cython/Shadow.py
index b6aa171d45aa597b4b51b10e1bcc30bb9ee2cfe5..b23af122e1289c529cd9e2fd13e0db031171c7a0 100644
--- a/Cython/Shadow.py
+++ b/Cython/Shadow.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # cython.* namespace for pure mode.
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-__version__ = "0.25b2"
+__version__ = "0.25"
 
 try:
     from __builtin__ import basestring