diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dc715fb..fe5f0f6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ All notable changes to lcode are documented here. The format follows
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.25.0] - 2026-10-10
+
 ### Changed
 
 - The model is told what counts as checking its work: run what it changed the way it will be used,
@@ -538,7 +540,8 @@ First public release.
 - `AGENTS.md` project instructions and `/init` to generate them.
 - One-line installer for Linux and macOS.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/nasser1941/lcode/compare/v0.24.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/nasser1941/lcode/compare/v0.25.0...HEAD
+[0.25.0]: https://github.com/nasser1941/lcode/compare/v0.24.0...v0.25.0
 [0.24.0]: https://github.com/nasser1941/lcode/compare/v0.23.0...v0.24.0
 [0.23.0]: https://github.com/nasser1941/lcode/compare/v0.22.0...v0.23.0
 [0.22.0]: https://github.com/nasser1941/lcode/compare/v0.21.0...v0.22.0
diff --git a/docs/quickstart.md b/docs/quickstart.md
index f2c2d02..2066c28 100644
--- a/docs/quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/quickstart.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ lcode
 
 ```text
 ╭──────────────────────────────────────────────╮
-│ lcode v0.24.0 — local coding agent           │
+│ lcode v0.25.0 — local coding agent           │
 │                                              │
 │ model    lcode-qwen3.6-35b                   │
 │ context  256K tokens                         │
diff --git a/src/lcode/__init__.py b/src/lcode/__init__.py
index b015961..393fde4 100644
--- a/src/lcode/__init__.py
+++ b/src/lcode/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 From a program: `from lcode import Session` (see lcode.api).
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.24.0"
+__version__ = "0.25.0"
 
 API = ("Session", "Result", "Options", "SetupError")