diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [2.5.1](https://github.com/PranavU-Coder/bitsatards_bot/compare/2.5.0...v2.5.1) (2026-02-18)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* updating README & contributing since release of website ([12d54d7](https://github.com/PranavU-Coder/bitsatards_bot/commit/12d54d7c64af3bb68ecf471437d89e3604edcfcd))
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "bitsatards-bot"
-version = "2.5.0"
+version = "2.5.1"
 description = "Official project-typesettings for the bitsatards-bot project."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.14"