diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index db596fae..1d02c016 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-monitoring/#history
 
+### [2.5.1](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-monitoring/compare/v2.5.0...v2.5.1) (2021-09-24)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add 'dict' annotation type to 'request' ([ffae24c](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-monitoring/commit/ffae24c816a3e1645464098cf86fdaf54a3064a9))
+
 ## [2.5.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-monitoring/compare/v2.4.2...v2.5.0) (2021-08-27)
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4a7376b4..4a8c0703 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 name = "google-cloud-monitoring"
 description = "Stackdriver Monitoring API client library"
-version = "2.5.0"
+version = "2.5.1"
 # Should be one of:
 # 'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha'
 # 'Development Status :: 4 - Beta'