diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 31852b78..73e769e6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ libseccomp: Releases
 ===============================================================================
 https://github.com/seccomp/libseccomp
 
+* Version 2.5.1 - November 20, 2020
+- Fix a bug where seccomp_load() could only be called once
+- Change the notification fd handling to only request a notification fd if
+  the filter has a _NOTIFY action
+- Add documentation about SCMP_ACT_NOTIFY to the seccomp_add_rule(3) manpage
+- Clarify the maintainers' GPG keys
+
 * Version 2.5.0 - July 20, 2020
 - Add support for the seccomp user notifications, see the
   seccomp_notify_alloc(3), seccomp_notify_receive(3), seccomp_notify_respond(3)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7b91c7af..78be4317 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ dnl #
 dnl ####
 dnl libseccomp defines
 dnl ####
-AC_INIT([libseccomp], [2.5.0])
+AC_INIT([libseccomp], [2.5.1])
 
 dnl ####
 dnl autoconf configuration