diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index 0c271296..d486148c 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
     ]
   }, {
     'target_name': 'sharp',
+    'defines': [
+      'NAPI_VERSION=4'
+    ],
     'dependencies': [
       '<!(node -p "require(\'node-addon-api\').gyp")',
       'libvips-cpp'
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 35e2fdbb..c45b4247 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
 Requires libvips v8.9.1
 
+### v0.25.1 - 7th March 2020
+
+* Ensure prebuilt binaries use N-API v4.
+  [#2117](https://github.com/lovell/sharp/issues/2117)
+
 ### v0.25.0 - 7th March 2020
 
 * Remove `limitInputPixels` and `sequentialRead` previously deprecated in v0.24.0.