diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ac224c..4b52c8a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 project(
   bzip3
-  VERSION 1.5.0
+  VERSION 1.5.1
   DESCRIPTION "A better and stronger spiritual successor to BZip2"
   HOMEPAGE_URL "https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3"
   LANGUAGES C)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ba2fb0e..859ae40 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -116,4 +116,8 @@ v1.5.0:
   Refer to the documentation for the new usage. This version is not ABI-compatible
   with the previous versions of the package.
 * Fix: the file `$dir.bz3` being created when invoked as `bzip3 -e $dir` where
-  `$dir` is a directory.
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+  `$dir` is a directory.
+
+v1.5.1:
+* Replace getopt-based parsing with `yarg`.
+* Change the soname to indicate a difference in the ABI.
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