diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 945fbaf2..d5d3f370 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.25.0"
+  ".": "0.25.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eea1b9a2..36ebf99b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.25.1](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-py/compare/v0.25.0...v0.25.1) (2026-10-30)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **tests:** compare Redis connection ids, not totals, in the flag-unset listener test (LAB-11835) ([#664](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-py/issues/664)) ([4db94e8](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-py/commit/4db94e89a1edb1794fe457210d0e07a073091502))
+
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+* **l1:** keep verified MessagePack in L1 after an entry's first hit (LAB-7116) ([#662](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-py/issues/662)) ([844070d](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-py/commit/844070d302a66b2bbdd3326dede02765fb0d7e04))
+* **metrics:** record cache operations into per-thread cells (LAB-7117) ([#661](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-py/issues/661)) ([d0febb6](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-py/commit/d0febb68b3e2bd57aab91e213f90f586920a54ad))
+* **object-cache:** find expired entries with a deadline heap, not a scan (LAB-7106) ([#658](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-py/issues/658)) ([99047e1](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-py/commit/99047e11c6ee4d706003bf5fc09e3ca192ce62c3))
+* **redis:** send the key-registry SADD+EXPIRE in the same pipeline as the SET (LAB-7115) ([#660](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-py/issues/660)) ([73e99e0](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-py/commit/73e99e0621371f7522dc9f0d772a33195c0576d4))
+
 ## [0.25.0](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-py/compare/v0.24.1...v0.25.0) (2026-10-28)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5fd7e25c..48729219 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cachekit-rs"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.25.1"
 dependencies = [
  "cachekit-core",
  "criterion 0.8.2",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8e818eaf..f84f96bb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 
 [project]
 name = "cachekit"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.25.1"
 description = "Backend-agnostic caching for Python — intent-based decorators with circuit breaker, distributed locking, Prometheus metrics, and optional zero-knowledge AES-256-GCM encryption, on a Rust-powered core. Zero-config L1 in-memory; scales to Redis, Memcached, File, or CachekitIO."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {text = "MIT"}
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index d120308b..ffe674ff 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cachekit-rs"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.25.1"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["cachekit Contributors"]
 description = "High-performance storage engine for caching with compression and encryption"
diff --git a/src/cachekit/__init__.py b/src/cachekit/__init__.py
index 766176ce..c0a5dab7 100644
--- a/src/cachekit/__init__.py
+++ b/src/cachekit/__init__.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def custom_function():
 - ``api_key``: a cachekit.io API key, for example ``api_key = os.environ["CACHEKIT_API_KEY"]``.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.25.0"
+__version__ = "0.25.1"
 
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from typing import Any, TypeVar
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 20ff6496..988b68ee 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ filecache = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cachekit"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.25.1"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "blake3" },