diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5e0266744..b53d5aeb1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,17 +22,17 @@ Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) is available in Maven Central. You can use your
     <dependency>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>powertools-tracing</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.0</version>
+        <version>2.5.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>powertools-logging</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.0</version>
+        <version>2.5.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>powertools-metrics</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.0</version>
+        <version>2.5.0</version>
     </dependency>
     ...
 </dependencies>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index b892f43ce..71d924c26 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples</artifactId>
-    <version>2.4.0</version>
+    <version>2.5.0</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples</name>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-batch/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-batch/pom.xml
index c31277d6a..2a6579074 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-batch/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-batch/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0</version>
+    <version>2.5.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-batch</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Batch</name>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/README.md b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/README.md
index 262a6b14f..b26007d44 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/README.md
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Run the following in your shell:
 ```bash
 cd infra/sam
 sam build
-sam deploy --guided --parameter-overrides BucketNameParam=my-unique-bucket-2.4.0718
+sam deploy --guided --parameter-overrides BucketNameParam=my-unique-bucket-2.5.0718
 ```
 
 ### Deploy with CDK
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ To build and deploy this application for the first time, run the following in yo
 cd infra/cdk
 mvn package
 cdk synth
-cdk deploy -c BucketNameParam=my-unique-bucket-2.4.0718
+cdk deploy -c BucketNameParam=my-unique-bucket-2.5.0718
 ```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/infra/sam-graalvm/README.md b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/infra/sam-graalvm/README.md
index 0f06fe084..b577855ce 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/infra/sam-graalvm/README.md
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/infra/sam-graalvm/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ sam build
 ## Deploy the sample application
 
 ```shell
-sam deploy --guided --parameter-overrides BucketNameParam=my-unique-bucket-2.4.0718
+sam deploy --guided --parameter-overrides BucketNameParam=my-unique-bucket-2.5.0718
 ```
 
 This sample is based on Serverless Application Model (SAM). To deploy it, check out the instructions for getting started with SAM in [the examples directory](../../../README.md)
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
index 39f09da04..ad4cd2265 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0</version>
+    <version>2.5.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-cloudformation</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/app/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/app/pom.xml
index 677a2b4b6..991c6bc60 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/app/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/app/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
     <!-- TODO TODO TODO this should build from SNAPSHOT, but it doesn't, because the snapshots
     don't appear in the docker environment CDK builds it in in our CDK tests. How to procede? V2 blocker -->
-    <version>2.4.0</version>
+    <version>2.5.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-core-utilities-cdk</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/infra/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/infra/pom.xml
index c96236480..6b6b1b699 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/infra/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/infra/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>cdk</artifactId>
-    <version>2.4.0</version>
+    <version>2.5.0</version>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <cdk.version>2.220.0</cdk.version>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/gradle/build.gradle b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/gradle/build.gradle
index 1325eadaf..9b89d923a 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/gradle/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/gradle/build.gradle
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-events:3.16.0'
     implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:2.13.2'
     implementation 'org.aspectj:aspectjrt:1.9.20.1'
-    aspect 'software.amazon.lambda:powertools-tracing:2.4.0'
-    aspect 'software.amazon.lambda:powertools-logging-log4j:2.4.0'
-    aspect 'software.amazon.lambda:powertools-metrics:2.4.0'
+    aspect 'software.amazon.lambda:powertools-tracing:2.5.0'
+    aspect 'software.amazon.lambda:powertools-logging-log4j:2.5.0'
+    aspect 'software.amazon.lambda:powertools-metrics:2.5.0'
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/kotlin/build.gradle.kts b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
index 98c41093f..85ec540a9 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-events:3.16.0")
     implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:2.15.2")
     implementation("org.aspectj:aspectjrt:1.9.20.1")
-    aspect("software.amazon.lambda:powertools-tracing:2.4.0")
-    aspect("software.amazon.lambda:powertools-logging-log4j:2.4.0")
-    aspect("software.amazon.lambda:powertools-metrics:2.4.0")
+    aspect("software.amazon.lambda:powertools-tracing:2.5.0")
+    aspect("software.amazon.lambda:powertools-logging-log4j:2.5.0")
+    aspect("software.amazon.lambda:powertools-metrics:2.5.0")
     implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.9.24")
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
index 64649fe45..6ae05168c 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Core Utilities (logging, tracing, metrics) with SAM GraalVM</name>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0</version>
+    <version>2.5.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-core-utilities-sam-graalvm</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam/pom.xml
index 3647509c6..bcfcbba6d 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Core Utilities (logging, tracing, metrics) with SAM</name>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0</version>
+    <version>2.5.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-core-utilities-sam</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/serverless/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/serverless/pom.xml
index b5236b11e..a7af92c94 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/serverless/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/serverless/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Core Utilities (logging, tracing, metrics) with Serverless</name>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0</version>
+    <version>2.5.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-core-utilities-serverless</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/terraform/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/terraform/pom.xml
index 95fcc07c1..8bef2d669 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/terraform/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/terraform/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Core Utilities (logging, tracing, metrics) with Terraform</name>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0</version>
+    <version>2.5.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-core-utilities-terraform</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/sam-graalvm/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
index 956b8a9d9..89703a154 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0</version>
+    <version>2.5.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-idempotency-sam-graalvm</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Idempotency GraalVM</name>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/sam/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/sam/pom.xml
index 8bc2a6311..b4120a082 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/sam/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/sam/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0</version>
+    <version>2.5.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-idempotency</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Idempotency</name>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/pom.xml
index d7778c896..1eb55ae36 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0</version>
+    <version>2.5.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-kafka</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Kafka</name>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
index 45d272f70..e2448c879 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0</version>
+    <version>2.5.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-parameters-sam-graalvm</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Parameters GraalVM</name>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam/pom.xml
index 09a67104f..5d7ddf089 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0</version>
+    <version>2.5.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-parameters-sam</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Parameters</name>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/sam-graalvm/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
index 636435fbb..f496570cc 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0</version>
+    <version>2.5.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-serialization-sam-graalvm</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Serialization GraalVM</name>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/sam/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/sam/pom.xml
index 2bdaafbd1..683faf783 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/sam/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/sam/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0</version>
+    <version>2.5.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-serialization-sam</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Serialization</name>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-validation/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-validation/pom.xml
index 303ce73cb..b84fac5bb 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-validation/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-validation/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0</version>
+    <version>2.5.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-validation</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Validation</name>
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index c75fa90e7..62e211728 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ extra_javascript:
 
 extra:
   powertools:
-    version: 2.4.0
+    version: 2.5.0
   version:
     provider: mike
     default: latest
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 82b713b10..6c54d8635 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
     <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.4.0</version>
+    <version>2.5.0</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Parent</name>
diff --git a/powertools-batch/pom.xml b/powertools-batch/pom.xml
index 850be6922..edb849cea 100644
--- a/powertools-batch/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-batch/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.0</version>
+        <version>2.5.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <description>A suite of utilities that makes batch message processing using AWS Lambda easier.</description>
diff --git a/powertools-cloudformation/pom.xml b/powertools-cloudformation/pom.xml
index d49fcc2bc..5e40ee503 100644
--- a/powertools-cloudformation/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-cloudformation/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>2.4.0</version>
+        <version>2.5.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Cloudformation</name>
diff --git a/powertools-common/pom.xml b/powertools-common/pom.xml
index d68bcb63a..d78e84970 100644
--- a/powertools-common/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-common/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>2.4.0</version>
+        <version>2.5.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Common Internal Utilities</name>
diff --git a/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/batch/pom.xml b/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/batch/pom.xml
index 99ce7d3c4..21161f9e7 100644
--- a/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/batch/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/batch/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>e2e-test-handlers-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.0</version>
+        <version>2.5.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>e2e-test-handler-batch</artifactId>
diff --git a/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/idempotency/pom.xml b/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/idempotency/pom.xml
index 79fd5b8e0..7c0e957fe 100644
--- a/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/idempotency/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/idempotency/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>e2e-test-handlers-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.0</version>
+        <version>2.5.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>e2e-test-handler-idempotency</artifactId>
diff --git a/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/largemessage/pom.xml b/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/largemessage/pom.xml
index 3aa6c5bee..469a9a48a 100644
--- a/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/largemessage/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/largemessage/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>e2e-test-handlers-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.0</version>
+        <version>2.5.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>e2e-test-handler-largemessage</artifactId>
diff --git a/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/largemessage_idempotent/pom.xml b/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/largemessage_idempotent/pom.xml
index 4261ff459..1e89edd67 100644
--- a/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/largemessage_idempotent/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/largemessage_idempotent/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>e2e-test-handlers-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.0</version>
+        <version>2.5.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>e2e-test-handler-large-msg-idempotent</artifactId>
diff --git a/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/logging-log4j/pom.xml b/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/logging-log4j/pom.xml
index 792e19fba..dddc84152 100644
--- a/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/logging-log4j/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/logging-log4j/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>e2e-test-handlers-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.0</version>
+        <version>2.5.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>e2e-test-handler-logging-log4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/logging-logback/pom.xml b/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/logging-logback/pom.xml
index ac643b969..4f3a28c72 100644
--- a/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/logging-logback/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/logging-logback/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>e2e-test-handlers-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.0</version>
+        <version>2.5.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>e2e-test-handler-logging-logback</artifactId>
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