diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 69535c6..461d94a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.2.4"
+  ".": "0.2.5"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f1a4af..da57a5b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 This changelog is automatically generated by [release-please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please) based on [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/).
 
+## [0.2.5](https://github.com/jorijn/meshcore-stats/compare/v0.2.4...v0.2.5) (2026-01-05)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add automatic serial port locking to prevent concurrent access ([3c5eace](https://github.com/jorijn/meshcore-stats/commit/3c5eace2207279c55401dd8fa27294d5a94bb682))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* fix formatting in architecture diagram ([7eee23e](https://github.com/jorijn/meshcore-stats/commit/7eee23ec40ff9441515b4ac18fbb7cd3f87fa4b5))
+
 ## [0.2.4](https://github.com/jorijn/meshcore-stats/compare/v0.2.3...v0.2.4) (2026-01-05)
 
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e09ee37..85062cc 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ services:
   # MeshCore Stats - Data collection and rendering
   # ==========================================================================
   meshcore-stats:
-    image: ghcr.io/jorijn/meshcore-stats:0.2.4 # x-release-please-version
+    image: ghcr.io/jorijn/meshcore-stats:0.2.5 # x-release-please-version
     container_name: meshcore-stats
     restart: unless-stopped
 
diff --git a/src/meshmon/__init__.py b/src/meshmon/__init__.py
index a0ba910..cd7788d 100644
--- a/src/meshmon/__init__.py
+++ b/src/meshmon/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """MeshCore network monitoring library."""
 
-__version__ = "0.2.4"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.2.5"  # x-release-please-version