diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a0d1ce3eab5..1bb1c6ab3a6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Change Log
 ===
 
+v2.5.0
+---
+* Use TypeScript compiler `v1.6.2`
+* [bugfixes] #637, #642, #650, #652
+* [bugfixes] fix various false positives in `no-unused-variable` rule (#570, #613, #663)
+* Update project setup for latest VSCode (#662)
+
 v2.5.0-beta
 ---
 * Use TypeScript compiler `v1.6.0-beta`
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c84abe17899..c47cce51ca5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "tslint",
-  "version": "2.5.0-beta",
+  "version": "2.5.0",
   "description": "a static analysis linter for TypeScript",
   "bin": {
     "tslint": "./bin/tslint"
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "grunt-tslint": "latest",
     "mocha": "^2.2.5",
     "tslint": "latest",
-    "typescript": "1.6.0-beta"
+    "typescript": "1.6.2"
   },
   "license": "Apache-2.0"
 }
diff --git a/src/tslint.ts b/src/tslint.ts
index 1614389c60c..8863dc74dd8 100644
--- a/src/tslint.ts
+++ b/src/tslint.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ module Lint {
     }
 
     export class Linter {
-        public static VERSION = "2.5.0-beta";
+        public static VERSION = "2.5.0";
 
         private fileName: string;
         private source: string;
diff --git a/typings/typescriptServices.d.ts b/typings/typescriptServices.d.ts
index 3d4418a9750..4ce3cd34cb5 100644
--- a/typings/typescriptServices.d.ts
+++ b/typings/typescriptServices.d.ts
@@ -1382,9 +1382,12 @@ declare namespace ts {
     }
     interface ResolvedModule {
         resolvedFileName: string;
+        isExternalLibraryImport?: boolean;
+    }
+    interface ResolvedModuleWithFailedLookupLocations {
+        resolvedModule: ResolvedModule;
         failedLookupLocations: string[];
     }
-    type ModuleNameResolver = (moduleName: string, containingFile: string, options: CompilerOptions, host: ModuleResolutionHost) => ResolvedModule;
     interface CompilerHost extends ModuleResolutionHost {
         getSourceFile(fileName: string, languageVersion: ScriptTarget, onError?: (message: string) => void): SourceFile;
         getCancellationToken?(): CancellationToken;
@@ -1394,7 +1397,7 @@ declare namespace ts {
         getCanonicalFileName(fileName: string): string;
         useCaseSensitiveFileNames(): boolean;
         getNewLine(): string;
-        resolveModuleNames?(moduleNames: string[], containingFile: string): string[];
+        resolveModuleNames?(moduleNames: string[], containingFile: string): ResolvedModule[];
     }
     interface TextSpan {
         start: number;
@@ -1515,10 +1518,9 @@ declare namespace ts {
     const version: string;
     function findConfigFile(searchPath: string): string;
     function resolveTripleslashReference(moduleName: string, containingFile: string): string;
-    function resolveModuleName(moduleName: string, containingFile: string, compilerOptions: CompilerOptions, host: ModuleResolutionHost): ResolvedModule;
-    function nodeModuleNameResolver(moduleName: string, containingFile: string, host: ModuleResolutionHost): ResolvedModule;
-    function baseUrlModuleNameResolver(moduleName: string, containingFile: string, baseUrl: string, host: ModuleResolutionHost): ResolvedModule;
-    function classicNameResolver(moduleName: string, containingFile: string, compilerOptions: CompilerOptions, host: ModuleResolutionHost): ResolvedModule;
+    function resolveModuleName(moduleName: string, containingFile: string, compilerOptions: CompilerOptions, host: ModuleResolutionHost): ResolvedModuleWithFailedLookupLocations;
+    function nodeModuleNameResolver(moduleName: string, containingFile: string, host: ModuleResolutionHost): ResolvedModuleWithFailedLookupLocations;
+    function classicNameResolver(moduleName: string, containingFile: string, compilerOptions: CompilerOptions, host: ModuleResolutionHost): ResolvedModuleWithFailedLookupLocations;
     function createCompilerHost(options: CompilerOptions, setParentNodes?: boolean): CompilerHost;
     function getPreEmitDiagnostics(program: Program, sourceFile?: SourceFile, cancellationToken?: CancellationToken): Diagnostic[];
     function flattenDiagnosticMessageText(messageText: string | DiagnosticMessageChain, newLine: string): string;
@@ -1649,7 +1651,7 @@ declare namespace ts {
         trace?(s: string): void;
         error?(s: string): void;
         useCaseSensitiveFileNames?(): boolean;
-        resolveModuleNames?(moduleNames: string[], containingFile: string): string[];
+        resolveModuleNames?(moduleNames: string[], containingFile: string): ResolvedModule[];
     }
     interface LanguageService {
         cleanupSemanticCache(): void;