diff --git a/changelog.rst b/changelog.rst
index b5c8ce6..6feb6de 100644
--- a/changelog.rst
+++ b/changelog.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@
    and memory consumption whilst serving clients.  Those problems
    should not occur with Python 3.7.
 
+Version 1.5.1
+=============
+
+Fixes a couple of issues found in 1.5 after release:
+
+* update peer discovery code for :ref:`version 1.3` of the protocol
+* setup.py would not run in a clean environment (e.g. virtualenv)
+* logging via aiorpcX didn't work with the logging hierarchy updates
+* log Python interpreter version on startup
+
 Version 1.5
 ===========
 
diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
index 904f77d..d4ec02f 100644
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('..'))
-VERSION="1.5"
+VERSION="1.5.1"
 
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------