diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-publish-testpypi.yml b/.github/workflows/python-publish-testpypi.yml
index b2a88b4..98a29c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-publish-testpypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-publish-testpypi.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install build    
     - name: Build package
-      run: python -m build --wheel
+      run: python -m build
     - name: Publish package
       uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
       with:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5b98bdf..e8aced3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - image event handlers (develop branch) for streaming live video as JPEG and PNG ✓
 - pydantic support for property models (develop branch) ✓
 
+## [v0.2.5] - 2024-09-09
+
+- released to anaconda 
+
 ## [v0.2.4] - 2024-09-09
 
 - added multiple versions of python for testing
diff --git a/hololinked/__init__.py b/hololinked/__init__.py
index 788da1f..fe404ae 100644
--- a/hololinked/__init__.py
+++ b/hololinked/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.2.4"
+__version__ = "0.2.5"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 01725b9..0c9bdb7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="hololinked",
-    version="0.2.4",
+    version="0.2.5",
     author="Vignesh Vaidyanathan",
     author_email="vignesh.vaidyanathan@hololinked.dev",
     description="A ZMQ-based Object Oriented RPC tool-kit for instrument control/data acquisition or controlling generic python objects.",