diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7ef214e..a2489f9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## 0.2.5 (2023-12-16)
+
+### Fix
+
+- improve handling of tags as json str
+- return error on empty or invalid data extract
+
 ## 0.2.4 (2023-12-07)
 
 ### Fix
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 75e3b02..e8c6305 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 PACKAGE := org.osm_fieldwork.py
 NAME := fmtm-splitter
-VERSION := 0.2.4
+VERSION := 0.2.5
 
 # All python source files
 # MDS := $(wildcard ./docs/*.md)
diff --git a/fmtm_splitter/__version__.py b/fmtm_splitter/__version__.py
index 788da1f..fe404ae 100644
--- a/fmtm_splitter/__version__.py
+++ b/fmtm_splitter/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.2.4"
+__version__ = "0.2.5"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f6a81d4..4331f07 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ pythonpath = "fmtm_splitter"
 
 [tool.commitizen]
 name = "cz_conventional_commits"
-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.2.5"
 version_files = [
     "pyproject.toml:version",
     "fmtm_splitter/__version__.py",