diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 10b4c3c..99b1bcd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@
 /libblockdev-2.2.tar.gz
 /libblockdev-2.3.tar.gz
 /libblockdev-2.4.tar.gz
+/libblockdev-2.5.tar.gz
diff --git a/libblockdev.spec b/libblockdev.spec
index f82cffe..02a3a28 100644
--- a/libblockdev.spec
+++ b/libblockdev.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:        libblockdev
-Version:     2.4
+Version:     2.5
 Release:     1%{?dist}
 Summary:     A library for low-level manipulation with block devices
 License:     LGPLv2+
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ with the libblockdev-loop plugin/library.
 Summary:     The LVM plugin for the libblockdev library
 Requires: %{name}-utils%{?_isa} >= 0.11
 Requires: lvm2
+# for thin_metadata_size
+Requires: device-mapper-persistent-data
 
 %description lvm
 The libblockdev library plugin (and in the same time a standalone library)
@@ -258,6 +260,8 @@ with the libblockdev-lvm plugin/library.
 Summary:     The LVM plugin for the libblockdev library
 Requires: %{name}-utils%{?_isa} >= 1.4
 Requires: lvm2-dbusd >= 2.02.156
+# for thin_metadata_size
+Requires: device-mapper-persistent-data
 
 %description lvm-dbus
 The libblockdev library plugin (and in the same time a standalone library)
@@ -603,6 +607,15 @@ find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" | xargs %{__rm}
 %files plugins-all
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 06 2017 Vratislav Podzimek <vpodzime@redhat.com> - 2.5-1
+- Do not try to get GVariant after not adding anything to its builder (vpodzime)
+- Replace NULL with "" when building ExtraArg (vpodzime)
+- Replace NULL with "" when adding it as a 's' GVariant (vpodzime)
+- Make sure we don't try to add NULL as GVariant to DBus params (vpodzime)
+- Add function for getting recommended thpool metadata size (vpodzime)
+- Make udev settle after we create a LIO device (vpodzime)
+- Always use '--yes' for lvremove (vpodzime)
+
 * Tue Feb 21 2017 Vratislav Podzimek <vpodzime@redhat.com> - 2.4-1
 - Update specs.rst to use present-tense and current API (agrover)
 - Add functions using BLOBs as LUKS passphrases (vpodzime)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 5b9a4f3..d717330 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (libblockdev-2.4.tar.gz) = 7a8fba2edb97f477ae3df7fbc909b33bbc1262c74c7850fd2ede1857a9ef2683ddf6acbebc7dc411b0df4ece4c89f272437565144bebdba6db1bfbefc5f529d5
+SHA512 (libblockdev-2.5.tar.gz) = cea8c2269325f07457c9da53ee7c8c9371418ba5e46e76613db2d9cf4bdce58142dea8f8cc99c25fe997d94d86a575ff05c291ccaf140c3346da884f64429ec0