diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 827b69c..f749cd7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ It can only be run on the `self-hosted` platform, running on a host with LXC ins
 | user | Administrator user name | `false` | root |
 | password | Administrator password | `false` | admin1234 |
 | runner | Runner git repository | `false` | https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner |
-| runner-version | Runner version | `false` | v2.4.0 |
+| runner-version | Runner version | `false` | v2.5.0 |
 | container | Name of the container running the Forgejo instance | `false` | forgejo |
 | lxc-ip-prefix | Class C IP prefix used by LXC | `false` | 10.0.23 |
 <!-- action-docs-inputs -->
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 6f6c6df..0428ad7 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ inputs:
     default: 'https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner'
   runner-version:
     description: 'Runner version'
-    default: 'v2.4.0'
+    default: 'v2.5.0'
   container:
     description: 'Name of the container running the Forgejo instance'
     default: 'forgejo'
diff --git a/forgejo-runner.sh b/forgejo-runner.sh
index e8a1926..228a1bb 100755
--- a/forgejo-runner.sh
+++ b/forgejo-runner.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ function reload() {
 
 function setup() {
     local runner_repository="${1:-https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner}"
-    local version="${2:-v2.4.0}"
+    local version="${2:-v2.5.0}"
     local forgejo="${3:-http://$(cat forgejo-ip):3000/}"
 
     dependencies