diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 526676d0a6..28a9816e32 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.4.0",
+  ".": "2.5.0",
   "keptn-cert-manager": "3.0.0",
   "runtimes/python-runtime": "1.0.8",
   "runtimes/deno-runtime": "3.0.1",
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 551ae5f246..8fa0f7bacf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,32 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.5.0](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/compare/keptn-v2.4.0...keptn-v2.5.0) (2025-03-19)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* adding Elastic as a metrics provider ([#3890](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/3890)) ([1802600](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/1802600c7aa73d3a67025a6b3b17df920460f669))
+
+
+### Other
+
+* backport Keptn helm chart version ([#3859](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/3859)) ([1f16c91](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/1f16c9176362c8984d08569024d676a19ecd24e8))
+* bump metrics-operator Helm chart ([#3899](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/3899)) ([d8ad7bb](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/d8ad7bb083fdc69c81b5478aeff7e518724d62de))
+* release metrics-operator 2.1.0 ([#3858](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/3858)) ([73bbba2](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/73bbba208ca6184a0406fd2e251472f22e2d4463))
+
+
+### Docs
+
+* add css change to remove back button when screen size is reduced ([#3873](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/3873)) ([9a6dbc9](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/9a6dbc9fd7550f547452705cdf36fae18ee21d97))
+* fix broken link ([#3874](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/3874)) ([1a7e6fa](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/1a7e6fa2cb0590a222b976e58aa4a78bfa13ddd5))
+* new landing page design ([#3870](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/3870)) ([4659fed](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/4659fed50f7dab6992a343051fabbef16b17dc9f))
+
+
+### Dependency Updates
+
+* update github actions ([#3877](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/3877)) ([7eb3337](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/7eb333753901584ac283a40da503394e1d8edfd5))
+* update github/codeql-action action to v3.27.1 ([#3861](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/3861)) ([ea484b8](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/ea484b87d6cbc56c938e64dad433214429536383))
+
 ## [2.4.0](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/compare/keptn-v2.3.0...keptn-v2.4.0) (2024-11-11)
 
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8968a1d7c8..1a15ed0aae 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=kubernetes-sigs/kustomize
 KUSTOMIZE_VERSION?=v5.5.0
-CHART_APPVERSION ?= v2.4.0 # x-release-please-version
+CHART_APPVERSION ?= v2.5.0 # x-release-please-version
 
 # renovate: datasource=docker depName=cytopia/yamllint
 YAMLLINT_VERSION ?= alpine
diff --git a/chart/Chart.yaml b/chart/Chart.yaml
index 54a64abd37..2a2be25b0e 100644
--- a/chart/Chart.yaml
+++ b/chart/Chart.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ annotations:
 kubeVersion: '>= 1.27.0-0'
 type: application
 version: 0.10.0 # Helm Chart version
-appVersion: v2.4.0 # x-release-please-version
+appVersion: v2.5.0 # x-release-please-version
 dependencies:
   - name: keptn-cert-manager
     version: 0.3.0
diff --git a/docs/docs/getting-started/observability.md b/docs/docs/getting-started/observability.md
index 6d47b50f39..cfc429346f 100644
--- a/docs/docs/getting-started/observability.md
+++ b/docs/docs/getting-started/observability.md
@@ -334,10 +334,10 @@ Create some Keptn Grafana dashboards that will be available when Grafana is inst
 <!---x-release-please-start-version-->
 ```shell
 kubectl create ns monitoring
-kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/keptn-v2.4.0/examples/support/observability/config/prometheus/grafana-config.yaml
-kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/keptn-v2.4.0/examples/support/observability/config/prometheus/grafana-dashboard-keptn-applications.yaml
-kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/keptn-v2.4.0/examples/support/observability/config/prometheus/grafana-dashboard-keptn-overview.yaml
-kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/keptn-v2.4.0/examples/support/observability/config/prometheus/grafana-dashboard-keptn-workloads.yaml
+kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/keptn-v2.5.0/examples/support/observability/config/prometheus/grafana-config.yaml
+kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/keptn-v2.5.0/examples/support/observability/config/prometheus/grafana-dashboard-keptn-applications.yaml
+kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/keptn-v2.5.0/examples/support/observability/config/prometheus/grafana-dashboard-keptn-overview.yaml
+kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/keptn-v2.5.0/examples/support/observability/config/prometheus/grafana-dashboard-keptn-workloads.yaml
 ```
 <!---x-release-please-end-->