diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 752ebf78e..51929738a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 2.5.1
+Friday, May 31, 2019
+====================================
+- Fix build with various versions of Visual Studio.
+- Improved documentation, thanks to Nathan Willis.
+- Bugfix in subsetting glyf table.
+- Improved scripts for cross-compiling for Windows using mingw.
+- Rename HB_MATH_GLYPH_PART_FLAG_EXTENDER to HB_OT_MATH_GLYPH_PART_FLAG_EXTENDER.
+  A deprecated macro is added for backwards-compatibility.
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 2.5.0
 Friday, May 24, 2019
 ====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a80b7e8b4..6a68df79e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [2.5.0],
+        [2.5.1],
         [https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/new],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])
diff --git a/src/hb-version.h b/src/hb-version.h
index ec6e67ebd..1eca37a58 100644
--- a/src/hb-version.h
+++ b/src/hb-version.h
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ HB_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 #define HB_VERSION_MAJOR 2
 #define HB_VERSION_MINOR 5
-#define HB_VERSION_MICRO 0
+#define HB_VERSION_MICRO 1
 
-#define HB_VERSION_STRING "2.5.0"
+#define HB_VERSION_STRING "2.5.1"
 
 #define HB_VERSION_ATLEAST(major,minor,micro) \
 	((major)*10000+(minor)*100+(micro) <= \