Introducing XRP Ledger version 2.5.1

Version 2.5.1 of rippled, the reference server implementation of the XRP Ledger protocol, is now available. This release was rolled back from version 2.6.0 after issues were discovered, but retains an important fix for stalled consensus rounds.

Action Required

If you run an XRP Ledger server, upgrade to version 2.5.1 as soon as possible to ensure service continuity.

Install / Upgrade

On supported platforms, see the instructions on installing or updating rippled.

Package	SHA-256
RPM for Red Hat / CentOS (x86-64)	`f16da245b417d616033e8fac8190425f1f8778f61c62fd23986e2e496c4fabf4`
DEB for Ubuntu / Debian (x86-64)	`1d3cd06fc08911c5efd1b9a6b1b7d06f42e806e0628df9f0552c9e71daee0af6`

For other platforms, please build from source. The most recent commit in the git log should be the change setting the version:

commit 16c2ff97ccc5e78fe450bd92c431322de75aa94e
Author: Ed Hennis <[email protected]>
Date:   Wed Sep 3 10:19:38 2025 -0400

    Set version to 2.5.1

Full Changelog

Bug Fixes

Fixed stalled consensus detection to prevent false positives in situations where there were no disputed transactions. (#5658)

Credits

The following GitHub users contributed to this release:

@ximinez

Bug Bounties and Responsible Disclosures

We welcome reviews of the rippled code and urge researchers to responsibly disclose any issues they may find.

To report a bug, please send a detailed report to: [email protected]