diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 0dbf094bd..9926322da 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-0.2.4:
+0.2.5:
+Fixes
+ - Fix memory leak when many worlds are loaded
+ - Remove micro optimization causing more trouble than its worth
 
+0.2.4:
 Fixes
  - Partially fix compatibility issues with sodium-forge
    note: full compatibility is waiting on https://github.com/spoorn/sodium-forge/pull/175
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index c7b3522aa..3b5151324 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx3G
 org.gradle.daemon=false
 # mod version info
-mod_version=0.2.4
+mod_version=0.2.5
 mc_update_version=1.16
 minecraft_version=1.16.5
 forge_version=36.1.66