diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0916eeb1ce9c24c179676c813ca04a3ad4041f2e..19c6d73f7c176c91265bf7efd3130c683808c83c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.5.7
+This is a maintenance release which only brings libraries up to date to fix
+potential bugs.
+
 ## 2.5.6
 This is a maintenance release which only brings libraries up to date to fix
 potential bugs.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e6b1a58485206fa4464ec9abacbb81a1f27cfb5b..46217c3767c968a71bd5538eeeac50dc941510b2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>de.thm.arsnova</groupId>
 	<artifactId>arsnova-backend</artifactId>
-	<version>2.5.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.5.7</version>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 
 	<properties>