diff --git a/MySQLdb/release.py b/MySQLdb/release.py
index 5c30a6c..8953e03 100644
--- a/MySQLdb/release.py
+++ b/MySQLdb/release.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 
 __author__ = "Andy Dustman <farcepest@gmail.com>"
-version_info = (1,2,4,'final',1)
-__version__ = "1.2.4"
+version_info = (1,2,5,'final',1)
+__version__ = "1.2.5"
diff --git a/metadata.cfg b/metadata.cfg
index 49841c1..04a52d5 100644
--- a/metadata.cfg
+++ b/metadata.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
-version: 1.2.4
-version_info: (1,2,4,'final',1)
+version: 1.2.5
+version_info: (1,2,5,'final',1)
 description: Python interface to MySQL
 long_description: 
         =========================