diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d4eb6bcc..39de53be 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 For more detailed information about the changes see the history of the [repository](https://github.com/votca/ctp/commits/master).
 
-## Version 1.5.1 (released XX.11.19)
+## Version 1.5.1 (released 20.11.19)
 * fix bug on epel7
 
 ## Version 1.5 (released 28.01.19)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ca946222..68dab2a1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
 project(votca-ctp)
 
-set(PROJECT_VERSION "1.5")
+set(PROJECT_VERSION "1.5.1")
 set(PROJECT_CONTACT "bugs@votca.org")
 string(REGEX REPLACE "^[1-9]+\\.([1-9]+).*$" "\\1" SOVERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION}")
 if (NOT ${SOVERSION} MATCHES "[1-9]+")