diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 33ae2e4c..1b2506c6 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 
 ## (current master)
 
+## 1.25.0
+- drop support for julia `1.5`
+- support julia LTS `1.6` and julia `1.7`
+
 ## 0.28.3
 - support generalized array interface
 - save to pdf, svg and eps in plotlyjs
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index d77a7b47..45d7fba5 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "Plots"
 uuid = "91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80"
 author = ["Tom Breloff (@tbreloff)"]
-version = "1.24.4"
+version = "1.25.0"
 
 [deps]
 Base64 = "2a0f44e3-6c83-55bd-87e4-b1978d98bd5f"