diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index aa8bf69e69349e0b29d7b7bfab29527109d6ba1a..794516533770559d2255e1d326063fa419eac7fe 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,19 +5,7 @@ News
 Version 2.5.0 rc5
 -----------------
 
-*(unreleased)*
-
-Improvements and bugfixes
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-- Support for kvm version 1.0, that changed the version reporting format
-  (from 3 to 2 digits).
-
-
-Version 2.5.0 rc4
------------------
-
-*(Released Thu, 27 Oct 2011)*
+*(Released Mon, 9 Jan 2012)*
 
 Incompatible/important changes and bugfixes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -51,6 +39,9 @@ Incompatible/important changes and bugfixes
 - :doc:`New iallocator modes <design-multi-reloc>` have been added to
   support operations involving multiple node groups.
 - Offline nodes are ignored when failing over an instance.
+- Support for KVM version 1.0, which changed the version reporting format
+  from 3 to 2 digits.
+- Includes all bugfixes made in the 2.4 series
 
 New features
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -144,6 +135,14 @@ Misc
 - DRBD metadata volumes are overwritten with zeros during disk creation.
 
 
+Version 2.5.0 rc4
+-----------------
+
+*(Released Thu, 27 Oct 2011)*
+
+This was the fourth release candidate of the 2.5 series.
+
+
 Version 2.5.0 rc3
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dbad2efbd679c85e232c1c78eb6508dc2956721b..c5a3b8413ad51e1340159821bc97126dfa49a84d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 m4_define([gnt_version_major], [2])
 m4_define([gnt_version_minor], [5])
 m4_define([gnt_version_revision], [0])
-m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [~rc4])
+m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [~rc5])
 m4_define([gnt_version_full],
           m4_format([%d.%d.%d%s],
                     gnt_version_major, gnt_version_minor,