diff --git a/.github/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
index adb1dfd..b2b35cf 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{".":"2.4.1"}
+{".":"2.5.0"}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index c1d414e..2a40778 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@ Hetzner Cloud Ansible Collection Release Notes
 .. contents:: Topics
 
 
+v2.5.0
+======
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- Replace deprecated `ansible.netcommon` ip utils with python `ipaddress` module. The `ansible.netcommon` collection is no longer required by the collections.
+- firewall - Allow forcing the deletion of firewalls that are still in use.
+- firewall - Do not silence 'firewall still in use' delete failures.
+- firewall - Return resources the firewall is `applied_to`.
+- firewall_info - Add new `firewall_info` module to gather firewalls info.
+- firewall_resource - Add new `firewall_resource` module to manage firewalls resources.
+- inventory - Add `hostvars_prefix` and hostvars_suffix` options to customize the inventory host variables keys.
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- firewall_resource - Manage Resources a Hetzner Cloud Firewall is applied to.
+
 v2.4.1
 ======
 
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index f066c26..cba5097 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -461,3 +461,30 @@ releases:
     fragments:
     - fix-inventory-fresh-cache.yaml
     release_date: '2023-11-27'
+  2.5.0:
+    changes:
+      minor_changes:
+      - 'Replace deprecated `ansible.netcommon` ip utils with python `ipaddress` module.
+        The `ansible.netcommon` collection is no longer required by the collections.
+
+        '
+      - firewall - Allow forcing the deletion of firewalls that are still in use.
+      - firewall - Do not silence 'firewall still in use' delete failures.
+      - firewall - Return resources the firewall is `applied_to`.
+      - firewall_info - Add new `firewall_info` module to gather firewalls info.
+      - firewall_resource - Add new `firewall_resource` module to manage firewalls
+        resources.
+      - 'inventory - Add `hostvars_prefix` and hostvars_suffix` options to customize
+        the inventory host variables keys.
+
+        '
+    fragments:
+    - add-inventory-hostvars-prefix-and-suffix-option.yml
+    - fix-firewall-deletion.yml
+    - improve-firewall-resources-management.yml
+    - replace-deprecated-ansible.netcommon-with-python-ipaddress.yml
+    modules:
+    - description: Manage Resources a Hetzner Cloud Firewall is applied to.
+      name: firewall_resource
+      namespace: ''
+    release_date: '2024-02-02'
diff --git a/changelogs/dev-changelog.md b/changelogs/dev-changelog.md
index 905853b..9fbbf81 100644
--- a/changelogs/dev-changelog.md
+++ b/changelogs/dev-changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.5.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/compare/2.4.1...2.5.0) (2024-02-02)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add `hostvars_prefix` and `hostvars_suffix` options to inventory hostvars ([#423](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/issues/423)) ([4e3f89a](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/commit/4e3f89aed3be6f040e304521d69329c313616df5))
+* allow forcing the deletion of firewalls that are still in use ([#447](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/issues/447)) ([559d315](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/commit/559d31561ad1e0fcf8dd14523bd3eb4262a8a3c1))
+* improve firewall resources management ([#324](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/issues/324)) ([2757fe7](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/commit/2757fe745fcd80409290a453db72e9e6e4016f8f))
+* replace `ansible.netcommon` utils with python3 `ipaddress` module ([#416](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/issues/416)) ([4cfdf50](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/commit/4cfdf50b26536c468705c729cdb48d4b2d421571))
+
 ## [2.4.1](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/compare/2.4.0...2.4.1) (2023-11-27)
 
 
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/add-inventory-hostvars-prefix-and-suffix-option.yml b/changelogs/fragments/add-inventory-hostvars-prefix-and-suffix-option.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 468bbc0..0000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/add-inventory-hostvars-prefix-and-suffix-option.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - >
-    inventory - Add `hostvars_prefix` and hostvars_suffix` options to customize the
-    inventory host variables keys.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/fix-firewall-deletion.yml b/changelogs/fragments/fix-firewall-deletion.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a9797e3..0000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/fix-firewall-deletion.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - firewall - Do not silence 'firewall still in use' delete failures.
-  - firewall - Allow forcing the deletion of firewalls that are still in use.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/improve-firewall-resources-management.yml b/changelogs/fragments/improve-firewall-resources-management.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ba3c4bc..0000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/improve-firewall-resources-management.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - firewall - Return resources the firewall is `applied_to`.
-  - firewall_info - Add new `firewall_info` module to gather firewalls info.
-  - firewall_resource - Add new `firewall_resource` module to manage firewalls resources.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/replace-deprecated-ansible.netcommon-with-python-ipaddress.yml b/changelogs/fragments/replace-deprecated-ansible.netcommon-with-python-ipaddress.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 917d293..0000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/replace-deprecated-ansible.netcommon-with-python-ipaddress.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - >
-    Replace deprecated `ansible.netcommon` ip utils with python `ipaddress` module. The
-    `ansible.netcommon` collection is no longer required by the collections.
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index fb4c554..98f57cc 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 namespace: hetzner
 name: hcloud
-version: 2.4.1 # x-release-please-version
+version: 2.5.0
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Hetzner Cloud (github.com/hetznercloud)
 description: A Collection for managing Hetzner Cloud resources
-license: [GPL-3.0-or-later]
+license:
+  - GPL-3.0-or-later
 tags:
   - hetzner
   - cloud
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/version.py b/plugins/module_utils/version.py
index 81af7db..e78c320 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/version.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-version = "2.4.1"  # x-release-please-version
+version = "2.5.0"  # x-release-please-version