diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 625e550..f9cc50c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# packedvec 1.2.5 (2025-03-17)
+
+* Add an optional bincode dependency, which can be used as an alternative to
+  serde for encoding / decoding.
+
+
 # packedvec 1.2.4 (2021-08-04)
 
 * Fix bug where a negative minimum value could lead to integer overflow.
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 86e379c..7a480f6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "packedvec"
 description = "Store vectors of integers efficiently"
 repository = "https://github.com/softdevteam/packedvec/"
-version = "1.2.4"
+version = "1.2.5"
 authors = ["Gabriela Alexandra Moldovan <gabi_250@live.com>", "Laurence Tratt <http://tratt.net/laurie/>"]
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0/MIT"