diff --git a/sphinx_sitemap/__init__.py b/sphinx_sitemap/__init__.py
index 5a59db9..02e17ae 100644
--- a/sphinx_sitemap/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx_sitemap/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 from sphinx.util.logging import getLogger
 
-__version__ = "2.4.0"
+__version__ = "2.5.0"
 
 logger = getLogger(__name__)