diff --git a/swarm/CHANGELOG.md b/swarm/CHANGELOG.md
index 1a8d7d8261d..c0437d9eafc 100644
--- a/swarm/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/swarm/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# 0.25.1 [2020-11-26]
+
+- Add `ExpandedSwarm::is_connected`.
+  [PR 1862](https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/1862).
+
 # 0.25.0 [2020-11-25]
 
 - Permit a configuration override for the substream upgrade protocol
diff --git a/swarm/Cargo.toml b/swarm/Cargo.toml
index ca527aabe95..7c82ff67d67 100644
--- a/swarm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/swarm/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libp2p-swarm"
 edition = "2018"
 description = "The libp2p swarm"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.25.1"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"
diff --git a/swarm/src/lib.rs b/swarm/src/lib.rs
index af3ccb71bcb..7b00cfbd46a 100644
--- a/swarm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/swarm/src/lib.rs
@@ -463,6 +463,11 @@ where TBehaviour: NetworkBehaviour<ProtocolsHandler = THandler>,
         me.banned_peers.remove(&peer_id);
     }
 
+    /// Checks whether the [`Network`] has an established connection to a peer.
+    pub fn is_connected(me: &Self, peer_id: &PeerId) -> bool {
+        me.network.is_connected(peer_id)
+    }
+
     /// Returns the next event that happens in the `Swarm`.
     ///
     /// Includes events from the `NetworkBehaviour` but also events about the connections status.