diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2b1ba4126..1cc871469 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-1.5.1.dev0
+1.5.1
  * #289: Tired of looking up the latest successful archive name in order to pass it to borgmatic
    actions? Me too. Now you can specify "--archive latest" to all actions that accept an archive
    flag.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 98bc64dd1..e6a357fa3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-VERSION = '1.5.1.dev0'
+VERSION = '1.5.1'
 
 
 setup(