diff --git a/integration/pom.xml b/integration/pom.xml
index 5f38f5bc..96381c2c 100644
--- a/integration/pom.xml
+++ b/integration/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.4</version>
+    <version>1.7.5</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index 6dbff55a..6a0c6c2d 100644
--- a/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.4</version>
+    <version>1.7.5</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml b/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
index 43a85373..e28b7591 100644
--- a/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.4</version>
+    <version>1.7.5</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index 78a0c899..40ffad40 100644
--- a/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.4</version>
+    <version>1.7.5</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index eeaecb19..aab065cb 100644
--- a/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.4</version>
+    <version>1.7.5</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 307c1fcf..7d8d9229 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
   <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.4</version>
+  <version>1.7.5</version>
 
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>SLF4J</name>
diff --git a/slf4j-api/pom.xml b/slf4j-api/pom.xml
index e281d346..2d06a08a 100644
--- a/slf4j-api/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-api/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.4</version>
+    <version>1.7.5</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-ext/pom.xml b/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
index 9955a774..61f89a01 100644
--- a/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.4</version>
+    <version>1.7.5</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml b/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml
index 7d14d36a..3fb43dc1 100644
--- a/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7.4</version>
+		<version>1.7.5</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml b/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
index 84540b60..7c9f113b 100644
--- a/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.4</version>
+    <version>1.7.5</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml b/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
index 8e1b9b7a..68d6fcd2 100644
--- a/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.4</version>
+    <version>1.7.5</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml b/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
index 28dc79fb..17557b17 100644
--- a/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.4</version>
+    <version>1.7.5</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-nop/pom.xml b/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
index 82c34da7..3dbf4bb3 100644
--- a/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.4</version>
+    <version>1.7.5</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-simple/pom.xml b/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
index 79a04917..648cb5e0 100644
--- a/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.4</version>
+    <version>1.7.5</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-site/pom.xml b/slf4j-site/pom.xml
index 15cbacc2..ee93e9d0 100644
--- a/slf4j-site/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-site/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.4</version>
+    <version>1.7.5</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html b/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
index a70f1fd2..b665763a 100755
--- a/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
+++ b/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
@@ -29,6 +29,22 @@
 
    <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
 
+   <h3>25th of March, 2013 - Release of SLF4J 1.7.5</h3>
+
+   <p>The logger factories in most SLF4J modules namely in
+   jcl-over-slf4j, log4j-over-slf4j, slf4j-jcl, slf4j-jdk14,
+   slf4j-log4j12, and slf4j-simple now use a
+   <code>ConcurrentHashMap</code> instead of a regular
+   <code>HashMap</code> to cache logger instances. This change
+   significantly improves logger retrieval times at the cost of some
+   memory overhead. This change was request in <a
+   href="http://bugzilla.slf4j.org/show_bug.cgi?id=298">bug #298</a>
+   by Taras Tielkes who also provided the relevant patch.
+   </p>
+
+   <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
+
+
    <h3>18th of March, 2013 - Release of SLF4J 1.7.4</h3>
 
    <p>Added a package private <code>reset()</code> method to