diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fe82ae7..e36cde8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,18 +7,25 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-## [2.4.0] - 2026-01-18
+## [2.5.0] - 2026-03-16
 
 ### Changed
-- **CORE VERSION**: Now downloads `capiscio-core` v2.4.0
+- **CORE VERSION**: Now downloads `capiscio-core` v2.5.0
 
-## [2.3.1] - 2025-01-14
+### Fixed
+- `CORE_VERSION` was stuck at v2.2.0 since the v2.2.0 release, meaning v2.3.0–v2.4.0 all downloaded `capiscio-core` v2.2.0 despite their changelog entries stating otherwise. This release correctly aligns the downloaded binary version.
+
+## [2.4.0] - 2026-01-18
 
 ### Changed
-- **CORE VERSION**: Now downloads `capiscio-core` v2.3.1
+- Bump package version to 2.4.0
+- **Note:** `CORE_VERSION` was incorrectly left at v2.2.0 (fixed in v2.5.0)
+
+## [2.3.1] - 2025-01-14
 
 ### Fixed
 - Aligned all version references across package metadata
+- **Note:** `CORE_VERSION` was incorrectly left at v2.2.0 (fixed in v2.5.0)
 
 ## [2.3.0] - 2025-01-13
 
@@ -29,7 +36,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - **CLI Command Syntax**: Fixed incorrect command syntax in documentation
 
 ### Changed
-- **CORE VERSION**: Now downloads `capiscio-core` v2.3.0
+- Bump package version to 2.3.0
+- **Note:** `CORE_VERSION` was incorrectly left at v2.2.0 (fixed in v2.5.0)
 
 ## [2.2.0] - 2025-12-10
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5aa93a4..e2e87c4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "capiscio"
-version = "2.4.0"
+version = "2.5.0"
 description = "The official CapiscIO CLI tool for validating A2A agents."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/src/capiscio/__init__.py b/src/capiscio/__init__.py
index 2ade34e..a30931b 100644
--- a/src/capiscio/__init__.py
+++ b/src/capiscio/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 """CapiscIO CLI package."""
 
-__version__ = "2.3.1"
+from importlib.metadata import version
+
+__version__ = version("capiscio")
diff --git a/src/capiscio/manager.py b/src/capiscio/manager.py
index 5c71e99..4fc93ae 100644
--- a/src/capiscio/manager.py
+++ b/src/capiscio/manager.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # Configuration
-CORE_VERSION = "2.2.0"  # The version of the core binary to download
+CORE_VERSION = "2.5.0"  # The version of the core binary to download
 GITHUB_REPO = "capiscio/capiscio-core"
 BINARY_NAME = "capiscio"