diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 232a952..0d1cd15 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM ubuntu:22.04 as tomcat
 
-ARG TOMCAT_VERSION=9.0.86
+ARG TOMCAT_VERSION=9.0.89
 ARG CORS_ENABLED=false
 ARG CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=*
 ARG CORS_ALLOWED_METHODS=GET,POST,PUT,DELETE,HEAD,OPTIONS
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ RUN apt purge -y  \
 
 FROM tomcat as download
 
-ARG GS_VERSION=2.24.1
+ARG GS_VERSION=2.25.1
 ARG GS_BUILD=release
 ARG WAR_ZIP_URL=https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/geoserver/GeoServer/${GS_VERSION}/geoserver-${GS_VERSION}-war.zip
 ENV GEOSERVER_VERSION=$GS_VERSION
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ RUN echo "Downloading GeoServer ${GS_VERSION} ${GS_BUILD}" \
 
 FROM tomcat as install
 
-ARG GS_VERSION=2.24.1
+ARG GS_VERSION=2.25.1
 ARG GS_BUILD=release
 ARG STABLE_PLUGIN_URL=https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/geoserver/GeoServer/${GS_VERSION}/extensions
 ARG COMMUNITY_PLUGIN_URL=''
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 33ac5c4..e7d754a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,20 +18,20 @@ This README.md file covers use of official docker image, additional [build](BUIL
 To pull an official image use ``docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:{{VERSION}}``, e.g.:
 
 ```shell
-docker pull docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.24.1
+docker pull docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.25.1
 ```
 All the images can be found at: [https://repo.osgeo.org](https://repo.osgeo.org/#browse/browse:geoserver-docker:v2/geoserver/tags) and the latest stable and maintenance version numbers can be obtained from [https://geoserver.org/download/](https://geoserver.org/download/)
 
 Afterwards you can run the pulled image locally with:
 
 ```shell
-docker run -it -p 80:8080 docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.24.1
+docker run -it -p 80:8080 docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.25.1
 ```
 
 Or if you want to start the container daemonized, use e.g.:
 
 ```shell
-docker run -d -p 80:8080 docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.24.1
+docker run -d -p 80:8080 docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.25.1
 ```
 
 Check <http://localhost/geoserver> to see the geoserver page,
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ To use an external folder as your geoserver data directory.
 ```shell
 docker run -it -p 80:8080 \
   --mount src="/absolute/path/on/host",target=/opt/geoserver_data/,type=bind \
-  docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.24.1
+  docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.25.1
 ```
 
 An empty data directory will be populated on first use. You can easily update GeoServer while
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ The environment variable `SKIP_DEMO_DATA` can be set to `true` to create an empt
 ```shell
 docker run -it -p 80:8080 \
   --env SKIP_DEMO_DATA=true \
-  docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.24.1
+  docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.25.1
 ```
 ## How to set the application context path?
 
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ The ``startup.sh`` script allows some customization on startup:
   * ``CORS_ALLOW_CREDENTIALS`` (default ``false``) **Setting this to ``true`` will only have the desired effect if ``CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS`` defines explicit origins (not ``*``)**
 * ``PROXY_BASE_URL`` to the base URL of the GeoServer web app if GeoServer is behind a proxy. Example: ``https://example.com/geoserver``.
 
-The CORS variables customize tomcat's `web.xml` file. If you need more customization, 
-you can provide your own customized `web.xml` file to tomcat by mounting it into the container 
+The CORS variables customize tomcat's `web.xml` file. If you need more customization,
+you can provide your own customized `web.xml` file to tomcat by mounting it into the container
 at `/opt/config_overrides/web.xml`.
 
 Example installing wps and ysld extensions:
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Example installing wps and ysld extensions:
 ```shell
 docker run -it -p 80:8080 \
   --env INSTALL_EXTENSIONS=true --env STABLE_EXTENSIONS="wps,ysld" \
-  docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.24.1
+  docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.25.1
 ```
 
 The list of extensions (taken from SourceForge download page):
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ If you want to add geoserver extensions/libs, place the respective jar files in
 ```shell
 docker run -it -p 80:8080 \
   --mount src="/dir/with/libs/on/host",target=/opt/additional_libs,type=bind \
-  docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.24.1
+  docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.25.1
 ```
 
 ## How to add additional fonts to the docker image (e.g. for SLD styling)?
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ If you want to add custom fonts (the base image only contains 26 fonts) by using
 ```shell
 docker run -it -p 80:8080 \
   --mount src="/dir/with/fonts/on/host",target=/opt/additional_fonts,type=bind \
-  docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.24.1
+  docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.25.1
 ```
 
 **Note:** Do not change the target value!
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ Example:
 ```shell
 docker run -it -p 80:8080 \
   --mount src="/path/to/my/server.xml",target=/opt/config_overrides/server.xml,type=bind \
-  docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.24.1
+  docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.25.1
 ```
 
 ## How to use the docker-compose demo?
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ Following is the list of the all the environment variables that can be passed do
 | VAR NAME | DESCRIPTION | SAMPLE VALUE |
 |--------------|-----------|------------|
 | PATH | Used by geoserver internally to find all the libs | `/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:` |
-| CATALINA_HOME | CATALINA home path | `/opt/apache-tomcat-9.0.86` |
+| CATALINA_HOME | CATALINA home path | `/opt/apache-tomcat-9.0.89` |
 | EXTRA_JAVA_OPTS | Used to pass params to the JAVA environment. Check [ref](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/tools/java.html) | `-Xms256m -Xmx1g` |
 | CORS_ENABLED | CORS enabled configuration | `false` |
 | CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS | CORS origins configuration | `*` |
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index ec50fa8..806b83d 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ OSGeo maintains geoserver-docker.osgeo.org repository for publishing. The result
 Build locally:
 
 ```shell
-docker build -t geoserver-docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.24.1 .
+docker build -t geoserver-docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.25.1 .
 ```
 
 Login using with osgeo user id:
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ docker login geoserver-docker.osgeo.org
 Push to osgeo repository:
 
 ```shell
-docker push geoserver-docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.24.1
+docker push geoserver-docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.25.1
 ```
 
 ## How to automate release?
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ The third, optional, is used to supply the jenkins build number - triggering a n
 
 Examples:
 
-`./release.sh build 2.24.1`
+`./release.sh build 2.25.1`
 
-`./release.sh publish 2.24.1`
+`./release.sh publish 2.25.1`
 
-`./release.sh buildandpublish 2.24.1`
+`./release.sh buildandpublish 2.25.1`
 
 `./release.sh buildandpublish 2.24-SNAPSHOT 1234`
diff --git a/build/release.sh b/build/release.sh
index a946b43..b740716 100755
--- a/build/release.sh
+++ b/build/release.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ function usage() {
   echo "$0 <mode> <version> [<build>]"
   echo ""
   echo " mode : The mode. Choose one of 'build', 'publish' or 'buildandpublish'"
-  echo " version : The released version to build an docker image for (eg: 2.24.1, ${MAIN}-SNAPSHOT, ${MAIN}-RC)"
+  echo " version : The released version to build an docker image for (eg: 2.25.1, ${MAIN}-SNAPSHOT, ${MAIN}-RC)"
   echo " build : Build number (optional)"
 }
 
diff --git a/docker-compose-demo.yml b/docker-compose-demo.yml
index 8de1fc4..d5f49db 100644
--- a/docker-compose-demo.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-demo.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ services:
     build:
       context: .
       args:
-        - GEOSERVER_VERSION=2.24.1
+        - GEOSERVER_VERSION=2.25.1
         - CORS_ENABLED=true
         - CORS_ALLOWED_METHODS=GET,POST,PUT,HEAD,OPTIONS
     ports: