diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9bb3cba..42da79e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+IMAPFilter 2.5.1 - 27 Feb 2012
+  - Support for recovery of a session after a BYE response is received.
+  - Option to control in which cases a terminated session will be restored.
+  - Bug fix; a BYE response could sometimes get incorrectly ignored.
+
 IMAPFilter 2.5 - 23 Feb 2012
   - Support for recovery of a session when a network failure is encountered,
     and other robustness improvements.
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index e196bc8..a5c59b5 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 
 /* Program's version number. */
-#define VERSION		"2.5"
+#define VERSION		"2.5.1"
 
 /* Program's copyright. */
 #define COPYRIGHT	"Copyright (c) 2001-2012 Eleftherios Chatzimparmpas"