diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 86de0ed52..5bf9af962 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ repos:
       - id: debug-statements
       - id: requirements-txt-fixer
   - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-    rev: 'v2.10.0'
+    rev: 'v2.11.0'
     hooks:
       - id: pyupgrade
         args:
           - --py36-plus
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
-    rev: '5.7.0'
+    rev: '5.8.0'
     hooks:
       - id: isort
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 5ace78de1..d13bcb05f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ The format is based on
 and this project adheres to
 [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## v2.5.1 - 2021-04-06
+
+### Fixed
+* Documentation on ReadTheDocs builds and renders.
+
 ## v2.5.0 - 2021-03-16
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/contributors.txt b/contributors.txt
index 7e8d00c84..5b3aaaae2 100644
--- a/contributors.txt
+++ b/contributors.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
   2066	Vyas Ramasubramani <vramasub@umich.edu>
-  1862	Bradley Dice <bdice@bradleydice.com>
+  1889	Bradley Dice <bdice@bradleydice.com>
   1030	Eric Harper <harperic@umich.edu>
    456	Jin Soo Ihm <jinihm@umich.edu>
-   281	Joshua A. Anderson <joaander@umich.edu>
+   288	Joshua A. Anderson <joaander@umich.edu>
    240	Matthew Spellings <mspells@umich.edu>
    159	Kelly Wang <kelwang@umich.edu>
    110	Erin Teich <erteich@umich.edu>
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
     43	Brandon Butler <butlerbr@umich.edu>
     41	Yezhi Jin <jinyezhi@umich.edu>
     40	Antonio Osorio <aosorio@umich.edu>
+    39	dependabot <dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
     35	Michael Stryk <mstryk@umich.edu>
-    35	dependabot <dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
     31	Richmond Newman <newmanrs@umich.edu>
-    30	Tommy Waltmann <tomwalt@umich.edu>
+    31	Tommy Waltmann <tomwalt@umich.edu>
     25	Carl Simon Adorf <csadorf@umich.edu>
     22	Jens Glaser <jsglaser@umich.edu>
     14	Tim Moore <mtimc@umich.edu>
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index d63fdabfa..40642d75f 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # version and release are set the same for this package.
-version = "2.5.0"
-release = "2.5.0"
+version = "2.5.1"
+release = "2.5.1"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/doc/source/reference/development/releases.rst b/doc/source/reference/development/releases.rst
index 5107aa922..f2591e003 100644
--- a/doc/source/reference/development/releases.rst
+++ b/doc/source/reference/development/releases.rst
@@ -73,11 +73,13 @@ Contributors
 
     git shortlog -sne > contributors.txt
 
+- Check the ``git diff`` for that file. If any contributors are listed twice, update the ``.mailmap`` file so that all contributors are recognized under a canonical name and email. Then re-run the previous command.
+
 Bump version
 ------------
 
 - Commit previous changes before running ``bumpversion``.
-- Use the `bumpversion package <https://pypi.org/project/bumpversion/>`_ to increase the version number and automatically generate a git tag:
+- Use the `bumpversion package <https://pypi.org/project/bumpversion/>`_ to increase the version number:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
@@ -97,10 +99,12 @@ Bump version
   Pushing the release branch will cause CircleCI to create a release for TestPyPI automatically (see automation in ``.circleci/config.yml``).
   Make sure this succeeds -- it takes a while to run.
   Review the `TestPyPI builds <https://test.pypi.org/project/freud-analysis/>`__ to ensure the README looks correct.
-  Then push the tag:
+
+- Create and push a tag for the release.
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
+    git tag -a vX.Y.Z
     git push --tags
 
 Automatic Builds
diff --git a/freud/__init__.py b/freud/__init__.py
index 1d6cfe1c3..f078c6842 100644
--- a/freud/__init__.py
+++ b/freud/__init__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # automatic selection runs, the user cannot change it.
 set_num_threads(0)
 
-__version__ = "2.5.0"
+__version__ = "2.5.1"
 
 __all__ = [
     "__version__",
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5bf784097..3cb102087 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.5.0
+current_version = 2.5.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 message = Bump up to version {new_version}.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 961291fa6..8bbbd29be 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 from skbuild import setup as skbuild_setup
 
-version = "2.5.0"
+version = "2.5.1"
 
 # Read README for PyPI, fallback to short description if it fails.
 description = "Powerful, efficient trajectory analysis in scientific Python."