diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6c98e66..e90c749 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## v2.5.0rc2 (2024-09-23)
+
+### Fix
+
+- chdir to tmp_path at the beginning of each test case
+- load config before cli args and func args
+- pickle dump default protocal different in python 3.7
+- keep backward compatibility in build_apps function
+
 ## v2.5.0rc1 (2024-09-17)
 
 ### Fix
diff --git a/idf_build_apps/__init__.py b/idf_build_apps/__init__.py
index 942eed9..c4f18d9 100644
--- a/idf_build_apps/__init__.py
+++ b/idf_build_apps/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # ruff: noqa: E402
 # avoid circular imports
 
-__version__ = '2.5.0rc1'
+__version__ = '2.5.0rc2'
 
 from .session_args import (
     SessionArgs,
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e41b341..f5a0b67 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ idf-build-apps = "idf_build_apps:main.main"
 
 [tool.commitizen]
 name = "cz_conventional_commits"
-version = "2.5.0rc1"
+version = "2.5.0rc2"
 tag_format = "v$version"
 version_files = [
     "idf_build_apps/__init__.py",