diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/github-ci.yml
index 9ae7a338..eafcfce3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-ci.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ on:
 # Define env vars #
 ###################
 env:
-  HEXL_VER: 1.2.4
+  HEXL_VER: 1.2.5
   HEXL_DIR: ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/lib/cmake/hexl-${HEXL_VER}
   HEXL_HINT_DIR: >
       -DHEXL_HINT_DIR=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/lib/cmake/hexl-${HEXL_VER}
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 5112547e..356c13a3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Changes
 
+## Version 1.2.5
+
+- Adds experimental FFT-like (https://github.com/intel/hexl/pull/104)
+- Adds big moduli tests for IFMA (https://github.com/intel/hexl/pull/123)
+- Fixes HEXL's example build (https://github.com/intel/hexl/pull/114)
+- Fixes IFMA/DQ logic error (https://github.com/intel/hexl/pull/118)
+- Fixes pre-built CpuFeatures Error on Cmake 3.16 (https://github.com/intel/hexl/pull/120)
+- Fixes 52-bit modulus issue https://github.com/intel/hexl/issues/121 (https://github.com/intel/hexl/pull/123)
+- Updates to documentation
+
 ## Version 1.2.4
 - Adds experimental HEXL-FPGA compatibility for dyadic multiply and key switch (https://github.com/intel/hexl/pull/109)
 - Adds vcpkg example of how to use previous hexl versions (https://github.com/intel/hexl/pull/103)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 531c4277..b0da96f7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # target_link_options and cmake -S . -B build require cmake 3.13
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
-project(HEXL VERSION 1.2.4 LANGUAGES C CXX)
+project(HEXL VERSION 1.2.5 LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 include(CheckCCompilerFlag)
 include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
diff --git a/example/README.md b/example/README.md
index 7961a545..9b877299 100644
--- a/example/README.md
+++ b/example/README.md
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ Once you have installed Intel HE Acceleration Library. Then, in your external
 application, add the following lines to your `CMakeLists.txt`:
 
 ```bash
-find_package(HEXL 1.2.4
+find_package(HEXL 1.2.5
     HINTS ${HEXL_HINT_DIR}
     REQUIRED)
 target_link_libraries(<your target> HEXL::hexl)
 ```
 If Intel HE Acceleration Library is installed globally, `HEXL_HINT_DIR` is not
 needed. Otherwise, `HEXL_HINT_DIR` should be the directory containing
-`HEXLConfig.cmake`, e.g. `${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/cmake/hexl-1.2.4/`
+`HEXLConfig.cmake`, e.g. `${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/cmake/hexl-1.2.5/`
 
 ## Method 2 (pkgconfig)
 
diff --git a/example/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/example/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index cdbd37cc..ec7bf652 100644
--- a/example/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
 # Example using source
-find_package(HEXL 1.2.4
+find_package(HEXL 1.2.5
     HINTS ${HEXL_HINT_DIR}
     REQUIRED)
 if (NOT TARGET HEXL::hexl)
diff --git a/example/vcpkg/vcpkg.json b/example/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
index f5fbccd6..83c91261 100644
--- a/example/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
+++ b/example/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "dependencies": [
         {
             "name": "hexl",
-            "version>=": "1.2.4"
+            "version>=": "1.2.5"
         }
     ],
     "builtin-baseline": "7baf7bc9f3390bab2f47e2bcbd35b065663bc80d",
diff --git a/port/hexl/portfile.cmake b/port/hexl/portfile.cmake
index 590b6328..6c68c546 100644
--- a/port/hexl/portfile.cmake
+++ b/port/hexl/portfile.cmake
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ vcpkg_cmake_configure(
 )
 
 vcpkg_cmake_install()
-vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup(PACKAGE_NAME "HEXL" CONFIG_PATH "lib/cmake/hexl-1.2.4")
+vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup(PACKAGE_NAME "HEXL" CONFIG_PATH "lib/cmake/hexl-1.2.5")
 
 vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
 
diff --git a/port/hexl/vcpkg.json b/port/hexl/vcpkg.json
index c7a5d50b..fccd8518 100644
--- a/port/hexl/vcpkg.json
+++ b/port/hexl/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "hexl",
-  "version": "1.2.4",
+  "version": "1.2.5",
   "description": "Intel® HEXL is an open-source library which provides efficient implementations of integer arithmetic on Galois fields.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/intel/hexl",
   "supports": "x64 & !(windows & !static)",