diff --git a/roles/synapse/README.md b/roles/synapse/README.md
index 247a299..55c59ef 100644
--- a/roles/synapse/README.md
+++ b/roles/synapse/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ The following should be present on the target system
 | matrix_synapse_dh_path            | "{{ matrix_synapse_base_path }}/tls/{{ matrix_server_name }}.dh"          |                                                                                                                               |
 | matrix_synapse_baseurl            | "https://{{ matrix_server_name }}"                                        |                                                                                                                               |
 | matrix_synapse_signing_key_path   | "{{ matrix_synapse_base_path }}/ssl/{{ matrix_server_name }}.signing.key" |                                                                                                                               |
-| matrix_synapse_version            | "v1.24.0"                                                                 |                                                                                                                               |
+| matrix_synapse_version            | "v1.25.0"                                                                 |                                                                                                                               |
 | matrix_synapse_unstable           | false                                                                     | when true, release candidate versions are deployed too                                                                        |
 | matrix_synapse_log_days_keep      | 14                                                                        |                                                                                                                               |
 | matrix_synapse_deployment_method  | pip                                                                       | Either pip or docker [¹](#footnote_1)                                                                                         |
diff --git a/roles/synapse/defaults/main.yml b/roles/synapse/defaults/main.yml
index 2d30b52..8e11081 100644
--- a/roles/synapse/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/synapse/defaults/main.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ matrix_synapse_baseurl: "https://{{ matrix_server_name }}"
 matrix_synapse_signing_key_path: "{{ matrix_synapse_base_path }}/tls/{{ matrix_server_name }}.signing.key"
 matrix_synapse_version: "{{ matrix_synapse_unstable | ternary(matrix_synapse_unstable_version, matrix_synapse_stable_version) }}"
 matrix_synapse_unstable: false
-matrix_synapse_stable_version: "1.24.0"
-matrix_synapse_unstable_version: "1.24.0"
+matrix_synapse_stable_version: "1.25.0"
+matrix_synapse_unstable_version: "1.25.0"
 matrix_synapse_log_dir: "/var/log/matrix_synapse"
 matrix_synapse_log_days_keep: 14
 matrix_synapse_pid_file: "{{ matrix_synapse_base_path }}/synapse.pid"