diff --git a/src/dist/readme.txt b/src/dist/readme.txt
index f4b5b90a..72bc7989 100644
--- a/src/dist/readme.txt
+++ b/src/dist/readme.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SPRING WEB FLOW 2.4.4
+SPRING WEB FLOW 2.5.0
 ----------------------
 http://www.springframework.org/webflow
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ It is a powerful controller engine that addresses the "C" in MVC.
 
 2. RELEASE NOTES
 ----------------
-Spring Web Flow 2.4 requires JDK 1.6 to run.
+Spring Web Flow 2.5 requires JDK 1.8 and Spring Framework 5.0 to run.
 
 Release distribution contents:
 
diff --git a/src/reference/index.xml b/src/reference/index.xml
index 1cf1a24b..01651f00 100644
--- a/src/reference/index.xml
+++ b/src/reference/index.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 		<title>Spring Web Flow Reference Guide</title>
 		<titleabbrev>Spring Web Flow</titleabbrev>
 		<productname>Spring Web Flow</productname>
-		<releaseinfo>Version 2.4.4</releaseinfo>
+		<releaseinfo>Version 2.5.0</releaseinfo>
 		<pubdate></pubdate>
 		<authorgroup>
 			<author>
diff --git a/src/reference/whatsnew.xml b/src/reference/whatsnew.xml
index 5f41505f..5457d6d5 100644
--- a/src/reference/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/src/reference/whatsnew.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@
 		http://docbook.org/ns/docbook http://www.docbook.org/xml/5.0/xsd/docbook.xsd
 		http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink http://www.docbook.org/xml/5.0/xsd/xlink.xsd">
 	<title>What's New</title>
+
+	<sect1 xml:id="whatsnew-swf-250">
+		<title>Spring Web Flow 2.5</title>
+		<para>This release requires JDK 1.8 and Spring Framework 5.0.</para>
+		<!-- TODO -->
+	</sect1>
+
 	<sect1 xml:id="whatsnew-swf-240">
 		<title>Spring Web Flow 2.4</title>
 		<para>This release requires JDK 1.6.</para>