diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 0fcbad05..eba5cea6 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+9.25.0
+-----
+release: 03 February 2017
+
 9.24.0
 -----
 release: 20 December 2016
diff --git a/project/Build.scala b/project/Build.scala
index b2c18600..95b43f8b 100644
--- a/project/Build.scala
+++ b/project/Build.scala
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ object Ostrich extends Build {
   val branch = Process("git" :: "rev-parse" :: "--abbrev-ref" :: "HEAD" :: Nil).!!.trim
   val suffix = if (branch == "master") "" else "-SNAPSHOT"
 
-  val libVersion = "9.24.0" + suffix
-  val utilVersion = "6.40.0" + suffix
+  val libVersion = "9.25.0" + suffix
+  val utilVersion = "6.41.0" + suffix
   val jacksonVersion = "2.8.4"
 
   val sharedSettings = Seq(