diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d035783a..81da9849 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 2.5.1
+
+* Remove `.editorconfig` from default config file
+* Allow utf-8 encoding in config files
+
 ## 2.5.0
 
 **Renamed lint checks**:
diff --git a/django_migration_linter/constants.py b/django_migration_linter/constants.py
index ff3e505e..a602caa5 100644
--- a/django_migration_linter/constants.py
+++ b/django_migration_linter/constants.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from appdirs import user_cache_dir
 
-__version__ = "2.5.0"
+__version__ = "2.5.1"
 
 DEFAULT_CACHE_PATH = user_cache_dir("django-migration-linter", version=__version__)