diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 42d024107..f7271a859 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ mouse anywhere in the current command to move the cursor there. See
 Detailed list of changes
 -------------------------------------
 
-0.25.1 [future]
+0.25.1 [2022-05-26]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 - Shell integration: Add a command to :ref:`clone_shell`
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - Fix deleting images by row not calculating image bounds correctly (:iss:`5081`)
 
+- Increase the max number of combining chars per cell from two to three, without increasing memory usage.
+
 - Linux: Load libfontconfig at runtime to allow the binaries to work for
   running kittens on servers without FontConfig
 
diff --git a/kitty/constants.py b/kitty/constants.py
index 7a4666542..5aec8db6c 100644
--- a/kitty/constants.py
+++ b/kitty/constants.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Version(NamedTuple):
 
 appname: str = 'kitty'
 kitty_face = '🐱'
-version: Version = Version(0, 25, 0)
+version: Version = Version(0, 25, 1)
 str_version: str = '.'.join(map(str, version))
 _plat = sys.platform.lower()
 is_macos: bool = 'darwin' in _plat