diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 922a0bee93..ce543be2d5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 ==========
-EFL 1.25.0
+EFL 1.25.1
 ==========
 
+Changes since 1.25.0:
+---------------------
+
+Fixes:
+
+   * evas: sw font draw - protect against null pointer access
+   * efreet - windows - still call stat but skip lstat/readlink
+
 Changes since 1.24.0:
 ---------------------
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ba34a9c311..8f905faba4 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('efl', ['c','cpp'],
-  version: '1.25.0',
+  version: '1.25.1',
   default_options : ['buildtype=release', 'cpp_std=c++11'],
   meson_version : '>=0.50'
 )