diff --git a/src/libprimer3.cc b/src/libprimer3.cc
index 5f809a0a..c192e38d 100644
--- a/src/libprimer3.cc
+++ b/src/libprimer3.cc
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ static void op_set_does_not_amplify_orf(primer_rec *);
 
 /* Global static variables. */
 static const char *primer3_copyright_char_star = "\n"
-"Copyright (c) 1996-2017\n"
+"Copyright (c) 1996-2019\n"
 "Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Steve Rozen\n"
 "(http://purl.com/STEVEROZEN/), Andreas Untergasser and Helen Skaletsky\n"
 "All rights reserved.\n"
diff --git a/src/primer3_manual.htm b/src/primer3_manual.htm
index 9c47729d..366596ef 100644
--- a/src/primer3_manual.htm
+++ b/src/primer3_manual.htm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <head>
   <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=1034, initial-scale=1.0">
-  <title>Primer3 Release 2.4.0 Manual</title>
+  <title>Primer3 Release 2.5.0 Manual</title>
   <style>
   body {
   background-color:white;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <style>
          .commit-tease,
          .user-profile-mini-avatar,
          .avatar,
          .vcard-details,
          .signup-prompt-bg {
            display: none !IMPORTANT;
          }
        </style>
         <script>
          document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
            this.querySelectorAll('a').forEach(anchor => {
              anchor.addEventListener('click', e => {
                e.preventDefault();

                const redact = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get('redact');
                const hasExistingParams = anchor.href.includes('?');
                window.location.href = anchor.href + (hasExistingParams ? `&redact=${redact}` : `?redact=${redact}`);
              });
            });
          });
        </script>
 </head>
 <body>
 <div id="page">
-<h1>PRIMER3 RELEASE 2.4.0 MANUAL</h1>
+<h1>PRIMER3 RELEASE 2.5.0 MANUAL</h1>
 <h2>CONTENTS</h2><p>
 <a href="#copyrightLicense">1. COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE</a><br>
 <a href="#introduction">2. INTRODUCTION</a><br>
diff --git a/src/release_notes.txt b/src/release_notes.txt
index 25b18c84..a735c375 100644
--- a/src/release_notes.txt
+++ b/src/release_notes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,27 @@
+release 2.5.0 2019-08-17  ===============================================
+This release adds new features to primer3_core and related C code.
+
+The primer3_config files for thermodynamic calculations are embedded in the
+code and the primer3_config/ folder is not required any more for default
+settings.
+
+If PRIMER_SECONDARY_STRUCTURE_ALIGNMENT=1 is set, the secondary structure 
+will be displayed as string representation (for example):
+PRIMER_LEFT_0_SELF_ANY_STUCT=5' ATTCGATTCTCCCCGGTATC 3'\n               ||||\n        3' CTATGGCCCCTCTTAGCTTA 5'\n
+for the structure:
+5' ATTCGATTCTCCCCGGTATC 3'
+               ||||
+        3' CTATGGCCCCTCTTAGCTTA 5'
+
+
+Minor fixes:
+1. Primer3 can handle windows newlines on input files.
+
+2. A bug in the compl_end calculations was fixed.
+
+3. The primer3_config/ folder is not required any more.
+
+
 release 2.4.0 2017-11-03  ===============================================
 This release adds a new feature to primer3_core and related C code.
 
diff --git a/test/cmd_test3_output b/test/cmd_test3_output
index fbf4a93b..88c920b1 100644
--- a/test/cmd_test3_output
+++ b/test/cmd_test3_output
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Copyright (c) 1996-2017
+Copyright (c) 1996-2019
 Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Steve Rozen
 (http://purl.com/STEVEROZEN/), Andreas Untergasser and Helen Skaletsky
 All rights reserved.
diff --git a/test/cmd_test5_output b/test/cmd_test5_output
index fbf4a93b..88c920b1 100644
--- a/test/cmd_test5_output
+++ b/test/cmd_test5_output
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Copyright (c) 1996-2017
+Copyright (c) 1996-2019
 Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Steve Rozen
 (http://purl.com/STEVEROZEN/), Andreas Untergasser and Helen Skaletsky
 All rights reserved.
diff --git a/test/p3test.pl b/test/p3test.pl
index 398c69f6..3406c477 100755
--- a/test/p3test.pl
+++ b/test/p3test.pl
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ ()
     # select STDERR;
     $| = 1;
 
-    print "$0 for primer3_core version 2.4.0\n";
+    print "$0 for primer3_core version 2.5.0\n";
     
     $all_ok = 1;
     my $overall_start_time = time();
diff --git a/test/primer_global_err/empty_1.out2 b/test/primer_global_err/empty_1.out2
index fbf4a93b..88c920b1 100644
--- a/test/primer_global_err/empty_1.out2
+++ b/test/primer_global_err/empty_1.out2
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Copyright (c) 1996-2017
+Copyright (c) 1996-2019
 Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Steve Rozen
 (http://purl.com/STEVEROZEN/), Andreas Untergasser and Helen Skaletsky
 All rights reserved.
