diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5bfdbb1a..51d23325 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,23 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [2.5.0] - 2024-03-01
+
+### Added
+
+  - Adds IRMRKCatalogExtended with several utility methods to retrieve and set data on the catalog.
+  - Adds RMRKCatalogFactory which allows anyone to deploy a RMRKCatalogImpl instance and keep tracks of the deployed instances per user.  
+
+### Changed
+
+  - Moves RMRKCatalogImpl to contracts/implementations/catalog/RMRKCatalogImpl.sol
+  - RMRKCatalogImpl now implements IRMRKCatalogExtended.
+  - Makes getEquippableSlotsFromParent public on render utils.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Custom chain hardhat configuration for Shibuya and Astar.
+
 ## [2.4.4] - 2024-02-08
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/contracts/RMRK/core/RMRKCore.sol b/contracts/RMRK/core/RMRKCore.sol
index bd7d68ed..b35a881c 100644
--- a/contracts/RMRK/core/RMRKCore.sol
+++ b/contracts/RMRK/core/RMRKCore.sol
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pragma solidity ^0.8.21;
  * @dev This is currently just a passthrough contract which allows for granular editing of base-level ERC721 functions.
  */
 contract RMRKCore {
-    string private constant _VERSION = "2.4.4";
+    string private constant _VERSION = "2.5.0";
     bytes4 private constant _RMRK_INTERFACE = 0x524D524B; // "RMRK" in ASCII hex
 
     /**
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 480b14e7..0f5166bc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@rmrk-team/evm-contracts",
-  "version": "2.4.4",
+  "version": "2.5.0",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "files": [
     "contracts/RMRK/*",
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "node": ">=18"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@openzeppelin/contracts": "^5.0.1"
+    "@openzeppelin/contracts": "^5.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers": "^2.0.3",