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diff --git a/python-distributed.changes b/python-distributed.changes
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+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Feb  2 17:10:13 UTC 2019 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
+
+- update to version 1.25.3:
+  * Fix excess threading on missing connections (:pr:`2403`) Daniel
+    Farrell
+  * Fix typo in doc (:pr:`2457`) Loïc Estève
+  * Start fewer but larger workers with LocalCluster (:pr:`2452`)
+    Matthew Rocklin
+  * Check for non-zero length first in read loop (:pr:`2465`) John
+    Kirkham
+  * DOC: Use of local cluster in script (:pr:`2462`) Peter Killick
+  * DOC/API: Signature for base class write / read (:pr:`2472`) Tom
+    Augspurger
+  * Support Pytest 4 in Tests (:pr:`2478`) Adam Beberg
+  * Ensure async behavior in event loop with LocalCluster (:pr:`2484`)
+    Matthew Rocklin
+  * Fix spurious CancelledError (:pr:`2485`) Loïc Estève
+  * Properly reset dask.config scheduler and shuffle when closing the
+    client (:pr:`2475`) George Sakkis
+  * Make it more explict that resources are per worker. (:pr:`2470`)
+    Loïc Estève
+  * Remove references to center (:pr:`2488`) Matthew Rocklin
+  * Expand client clearing timeout to 10s in testing (:pr:`2493`)
+    Matthew Rocklin
+  * Propagate key keyword in progressbar (:pr:`2492`) Matthew Rocklin
+  * Use provided cluster's IOLoop if present in Client (:pr:`2494`)
+    Matthew Rocklin
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jan  6 22:33:33 UTC 2019 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/python-distributed.spec b/python-distributed.spec
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 # Test requires network connection
 %bcond_with     test
 Name:           python-distributed
-Version:        1.25.2
+Version:        1.25.3
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Library for distributed computing with Python
 License:        BSD-3-Clause