diff --git a/bumpver.toml b/bumpver.toml
index 3d2a11bc..a15d27ef 100644
--- a/bumpver.toml
+++ b/bumpver.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 [bumpver]
-current_version = "2.4.16"
+current_version = "2.5.0"
 version_pattern = "MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH"
 commit_message = "bump version {old_version} -> {new_version}"
 tag_message = "{new_version}"
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 1a5954b5..161b36ad 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def setup(app):
 project = 'wdoc'
 copyright = '2024, thiswillbeyourgithub'
 author = 'thiswillbeyourgithub'
-release = '2.4.16'
+release = '2.5.0'
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#general-configuration
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1ccdb38a..bea2b51b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 setup(
     name="wdoc",
-    version="2.4.16",
+    version="2.5.0",
     description="A perfect AI powered RAG for document query and summary. Supports ~all LLM and ~all filetypes (url, pdf, epub, youtube (incl playlist), audio, anki, md, docx, pptx, oe any combination!)",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
diff --git a/wdoc/wdoc.py b/wdoc/wdoc.py
index 32e42d43..36608dcf 100644
--- a/wdoc/wdoc.py
+++ b/wdoc/wdoc.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 class wdoc:
     "This docstring is dynamically appended the content of wdoc/docs/USAGE.md"
 
-    VERSION: str = "2.4.16"
+    VERSION: str = "2.5.0"
     allowed_extra_args = extra_args_types
     md_printer = md_printer