diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 58ccbe3..fa5c6ca 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 News (mainly features/major bug fixes)
 
+portage-3.0.25
+--------------
+* fix Python < 3.8 compatibility of FILESDIR copying code.
+
 portage-3.0.24
 --------------
 * remove doebuild(dbkey=...) support that was deprecated since 2013.
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 9cd45ca..c98b6c5 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Release Notes; upgrade information mainly.
 Features/major bugfixes are listed in NEWS
 
+portage-3.0.25
+==================================
+    - Bug 703520: output a QA notice when eend is called without
+                  an argument
+    - Bug 815196: files copied to shadow FILESDIR are now owned
+                  by portage:portage to fix access issues
+
 portage-3.0.24
 ==================================
     - Bug 814857: create a local copy of FILESDIR in order to avoid
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a4105be..f9933ff 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="portage",
-    version="3.0.24",
+    version="3.0.25",
     url="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage",
     project_urls={
         "Release Notes": "https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/plain/RELEASE-NOTES",