diff --git a/Config/version.mk b/Config/version.mk
index 9a52cc83e..2e899574d 100644
--- a/Config/version.mk
+++ b/Config/version.mk
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@
 # This must also serve as a shell script, so do not add spaces around the
 # `=' signs.
 
-VERSION=4.2.4
-VERSION_DATE='February 2, 2005'
+VERSION=4.2.5
+VERSION_DATE='April 6, 2005'
diff --git a/README b/README
index 62445aade..fd0cab0e4 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ THE Z SHELL (ZSH)
 Version
 -------
 
-This is zsh version 4.2.4.  This is a stable version.
+This is zsh version 4.2.5.  This is a stable version.
 
 Installing Zsh
 --------------