diff --git a/.ceph.metadata b/.ceph.metadata
index 36d9ad7..fc4a646 100644
--- a/.ceph.metadata
+++ b/.ceph.metadata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3f715e71b2a6d0cd9fbdc390b50f95a1303a1026  SOURCES/ceph-16.2.4.tar.gz
+1f5ac965c1d358a0ea45c400d0196647696ba826  SOURCES/ceph-16.2.5.tar.gz
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0240414..256f4c3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ Get the lookaside uploader script from ssh://git@git.centos.org/centos-git-commo
 To build:
 
 1. Upload the source tar file to the lookaside cache, e.g.:
-    $ lookaside_upload -f SOURCES/ceph-16.2.4.tar.gz -n ceph -b c8-sig-storage-ceph-pacific
+    $ lookaside_upload -f SOURCES/ceph-16.2.5.tar.gz -n ceph -b c8-sig-storage-ceph-pacific
 
 2. update the .glusterfs.metadata with the hash from step 1:
     $ cat .ceph.metadata
-e9c6a6a482b8e46117c2a6c37b50c569bd62d92e  SOURCES/ceph-16.4.tar.gz
+e9c6a6a482b8e46117c2a6c37b50c569bd62d92e  SOURCES/ceph-16.5.tar.gz
 
 3. commit and push SPECS/ceph.spec and .ceph.metadata, e.g.:
     $ git add SPECS/ceph.spec .ceph.metadata
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@ commit 29f19456be12986e86392652331e3a56ff0a88a0
 
 
 
-    $ cbs build [--scratch] storage8-ceph-pacific-el8 ceph-16.2.4-1.el8.src.rpm
+    $ cbs build [--scratch] storage8-ceph-pacific-el8 ceph-16.2.5-1.el8.src.rpm
 
diff --git a/SPECS/ceph.spec b/SPECS/ceph.spec
index 77dcf03..40cab45 100644
--- a/SPECS/ceph.spec
+++ b/SPECS/ceph.spec
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@
 # main package definition
 #################################################################################
 Name:		ceph
-Version:	16.2.4
-Release:	2%{?dist}
+Version:	16.2.5
+Release:	1%{?dist}
 %if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel}
 Epoch:		2
 %endif
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ Patch0006:	0006-src-blk-CMakeLists.txt.patch
 Patch0007:	0007-src-test-neorados-CMakeLists.txt.patch
 Patch0008:	0008-cmake-modules-Finduring.cmake.patch
 Patch0009:	0009-librgw-notifications-initialize-kafka-and-amqp.patch
-Patch0010:	0010-os-bluestore-strip-trailing-slash-for-directory-list.patch
 Source1:	cmake-modules-BuildBoost.cmake.noautopatch
 # ceph 14.0.1 does not support 32-bit architectures, bugs #1727788, #1727787
 ExcludeArch:	i686 armv7hl
@@ -1824,6 +1823,7 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/ceph/mgr/localpool
 %{_datadir}/ceph/mgr/mds_autoscaler
 %{_datadir}/ceph/mgr/mirroring
+%{_datadir}/ceph/mgr/nfs
 %{_datadir}/ceph/mgr/orchestrator
 %{_datadir}/ceph/mgr/osd_perf_query
 %{_datadir}/ceph/mgr/osd_support
@@ -2517,6 +2517,9 @@ exit 0
 %config %{_sysconfdir}/prometheus/ceph/ceph_default_alerts.yml
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul 8 2021 Kaleb S. KEITHLEY <kkeithle[at]redhat.com> - 2:16.2.5-1
+- 16.2.5 GA
+
 * Thu Jul 1 2021 Kaleb S. KEITHLEY <kkeithle[at]redhat.com> - 2:16.2.4-2
 - 16.2.4 build from lookaside