diff --git a/CHANGES/v2.2.txt b/CHANGES/v2.2.txt
index f04edea9f3f34dde495dd317557b5b88001ebee5..5009958451bfc1d9cf8c4ac9488bac27aa193f5e 100644
--- a/CHANGES/v2.2.txt
+++ b/CHANGES/v2.2.txt
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ For users:
 For developers:
 - Macports portile is now tested on travis at every plumed push.
 
-Version 2.2.5 (coming soon)
+Version 2.2.5 (Mar 31, 2017)
 -------------
 
 Notice that branch 2.2 will not be longer maintained! All users are invited to switch to version 2.3.
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 80e526243623a2112b08b6e94ec1ad7a3c72dcc7..335cb2dbe10effba8b5f84952aa02f7c5804c501 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # (this is same as gromacs)
 # Notice that "plumed --version" will return only 2.X
 # and "plumed --long-version" will return the full string
-2.2.4
+2.2.5