diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9931cb3a..20616935 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-## WIP / 2013-12-03
+## v2.5.1 / 2013-12-03
 
-WIP
+Improved `freeze` fallback handling. This is a recommended upgrade for all users and a necessary upgrade for Timbre v3 Carmine appender users.
 
 ### Features
  * Added experimental `inspect-ba` fn for examining data possibly frozen by Nippy.
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ WIP
  * Now throw exception at freeze (rather than thaw) time when trying to serialize an unreadable object using the Clojure reader.
 
 ### Fixes
- *
+ -
 
 
 ## v2.4.1 → v2.5.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2dda2114..5dc41102 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 **[API docs](http://ptaoussanis.github.io/nippy/)** | **[CHANGELOG](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)** | [contact & contributing](#contact--contributing) | [other Clojure libs](https://www.taoensso.com/clojure-libraries) | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/#!/ptaoussanis) | current [semantic](http://semver.org/) version:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/nippy "2.5.0"] ; Stable
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.5.1"] ; Stable
 ```
 
 # Nippy, a Clojure serialization library
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Nippy is an attempt to provide a reliable, high-performance **drop-in alternativ
 Add the necessary dependency to your [Leiningen](http://leiningen.org/) `project.clj` and `require` the library in your ns:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/nippy "2.5.0"] ; project.clj
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.5.1"] ; project.clj
 (ns my-app (:require [taoensso.nippy :as nippy])) ; ns
 ```
 
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 6e02e7fd..56dc98e8 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.5.0"
+(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.5.1"
   :description "Clojure serialization library"
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"