diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 9551192..e319225 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -5,9 +5,14 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+
+## [1.2.5] - 2020-03-02
 ### Fixed
 - Skip crash when accessing YouTube-API-only fields in scrape mode ([@ritiek](https://github.com/ritiek)) (#672)
 
+### Changed
+- Changed FFMPEG args to convert to 48k quality audio instead of the current 44k audio. ([@AvinashReddy3108](https://github.com/AvinashReddy3108)) (#667)
+
 ## [1.2.4] - 2020-01-10
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed a crash occuring when lyrics for a track are not yet released
diff --git a/spotdl/__init__.py b/spotdl/__init__.py
index b3f9ac7..b7e1990 100644
--- a/spotdl/__init__.py
+++ b/spotdl/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.2.4"
+__version__ = "1.2.5"