diff --git a/montepy/__init__.py b/montepy/__init__.py
index 5f35202d..39781239 100644
--- a/montepy/__init__.py
+++ b/montepy/__init__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 from montepy.universe import Universe
 import sys
 
-__version__ = "0.2.5dev1"
+__version__ = "0.2.5"
 # enable deprecated warnings for users
 if not sys.warnoptions:
     import os, warnings