diff --git a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
index a1dbb4b5efd..8a28531c8cf 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ used from a setup script as
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-__version__ = "2.4.0"
+__version__ = "2.5.0"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c8bfcfd91f3..7753f49f169 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ Core and builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- The distutils version has been changed to 2.5.0.
+
 - Bug #978833: Really close underlying socket in _socketobject.close.
 
 - Bug #1459963: urllib and urllib2 now normalize HTTP header names correctly