diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 7b875ccc54..7557c8494d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
-2.5-beta2-19 | 2016-11-15 13:24:08 -0800
+2.5 | 2016-11-15 13:25:25 -0800
 
-  * Updating submodule(s).
+  * Release 2.5.
 
 2.5-beta2-17 | 2016-11-14 17:59:19 -0800
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index b12533059e..95e3ba8192 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.5-beta2-19
+2.5
diff --git a/aux/broctl b/aux/broctl
index b2084d6409..7fdb16a244 160000
--- a/aux/broctl
+++ b/aux/broctl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b2084d64090e9cb481d01747ba06e3f3d6e90424
+Subproject commit 7fdb16a2442ef55b7a21b84a6a10ff0195d5e1bf