diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a1a903d..097fb6c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.2.5 - 2026-07-18
+
+### Git cache
+
+- Git cache refresh now advances HEAD to the remote default tip when `?ref=` is unset (CNA pull parity)
+- Force-refresh when a configured template/extension `subdir` is missing from a warm cache (fixes post-rename `ManifestLoadError` for `all-github-setup` and friends)
+
 ## 0.2.4 - 2026-07-18
 
 ### Prompt rendering
diff --git a/packages/create-awesome-python-app/pyproject.toml b/packages/create-awesome-python-app/pyproject.toml
index 3cd2f15..8fd8f80 100644
--- a/packages/create-awesome-python-app/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/create-awesome-python-app/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 [project]
 name = "create-awesome-python-app"
-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.2.5"
 description = "Composable scaffolding CLI for production-ready Python apps"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 license = "MIT"
 dependencies = [
-    "create-python-app-core>=0.2.4",
+    "create-python-app-core>=0.2.5",
     "questionary>=2.1.1",
     "rich>=15.0.0",
     "typer>=0.27.0",
diff --git a/packages/create-awesome-python-app/src/create_awesome_python_app/__init__.py b/packages/create-awesome-python-app/src/create_awesome_python_app/__init__.py
index aa8ac1f..1a46cc4 100644
--- a/packages/create-awesome-python-app/src/create_awesome_python_app/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/create-awesome-python-app/src/create_awesome_python_app/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Create Awesome Python App CLI."""
 
-__version__ = "0.2.4"
+__version__ = "0.2.5"
diff --git a/packages/create-python-app-core/pyproject.toml b/packages/create-python-app-core/pyproject.toml
index bedab22..c29404b 100644
--- a/packages/create-python-app-core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/create-python-app-core/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "create-python-app-core"
-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.2.5"
 description = "Scaffolding engine for Create Awesome Python App"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
diff --git a/packages/create-python-app-core/src/create_python_app_core/_version.py b/packages/create-python-app-core/src/create_python_app_core/_version.py
index 788da1f..fe404ae 100644
--- a/packages/create-python-app-core/src/create_python_app_core/_version.py
+++ b/packages/create-python-app-core/src/create_python_app_core/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.2.4"
+__version__ = "0.2.5"