diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index ab5f0a62a..626ec82c9 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ## RELEASE NOTES
 
+### Version 2.2.5
+
+**Enhancements*
+- **Progress** - Progress now includes transitionEnd failback for progress bar animations, this will prevent labels from continuing to be updated if the `transitionEnd` css callback does not fire correctly
+
 ### Version 2.2.4 - August 25, 2016
 
 **Critical Bug**
diff --git a/src/definitions/modules/progress.js b/src/definitions/modules/progress.js
index 42b9c0e4b..846fa4c8b 100644
--- a/src/definitions/modules/progress.js
+++ b/src/definitions/modules/progress.js
@@ -153,6 +153,24 @@ $.fn.progress = function(parameters) {
           }
         },
 
+        bind: {
+          transitionEnd: function(callback) {
+            var
+              transitionEnd = module.get.transitionEnd()
+            ;
+            $bar
+              .one(transitionEnd + eventNamespace, function(event) {
+                clearTimeout(module.failSafeTimer);
+                callback.call(this, event);
+              })
+            ;
+            module.failSafeTimer = setTimeout(function() {
+              $bar.triggerHandler(transitionEnd);
+            }, settings.duration + settings.failSafeDelay);
+            module.verbose('Adding fail safe timer', module.timer);
+          }
+        },
+
         increment: function(incrementValue) {
           var
             maxValue,
@@ -449,7 +467,7 @@ $.fn.progress = function(parameters) {
               }
             ;
             clearInterval(module.interval);
-            $bar.one(transitionEnd + eventNamespace, animationCallback);
+            module.bind.transitionEnd(animationCallback);
             animating = true;
             module.interval = setInterval(function() {
               var
@@ -526,7 +544,7 @@ $.fn.progress = function(parameters) {
             if(text) {
               module.set.label(text);
             }
-            $bar.one(transitionEnd + eventNamespace, function() {
+            module.bind.transitionEnd(function() {
               settings.onActive.call(element, module.value, module.total);
             });
           },
@@ -546,7 +564,7 @@ $.fn.progress = function(parameters) {
               text = settings.onLabelUpdate('active', text, module.value, module.total);
               module.set.label(text);
             }
-            $bar.one(transitionEnd + eventNamespace, function() {
+            module.bind.transitionEnd(function() {
               settings.onSuccess.call(element, module.total);
             });
           },
@@ -562,7 +580,7 @@ $.fn.progress = function(parameters) {
             if(text) {
               module.set.label(text);
             }
-            $bar.one(transitionEnd + eventNamespace, function() {
+            module.bind.transitionEnd(function() {
               settings.onWarning.call(element, module.value, module.total);
             });
           },
@@ -578,7 +596,7 @@ $.fn.progress = function(parameters) {
             if(text) {
               module.set.label(text);
             }
-            $bar.one(transitionEnd + eventNamespace, function() {
+            module.bind.transitionEnd(function() {
               settings.onError.call(element, module.value, module.total);
             });
           },
@@ -856,6 +874,9 @@ $.fn.progress.settings = {
   total          : false,
   value          : false,
 
+  // delay in ms for fail safe animation callback
+  failSafeDelay : 100,
+
   onLabelUpdate : function(state, text, value, total){
     return text;
   },