diff --git a/poem-openapi/CHANGELOG.md b/poem-openapi/CHANGELOG.md
index c6f31521a7..4a8208f602 100644
--- a/poem-openapi/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/poem-openapi/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-# Unreleased
+# [5.1.2] 2024-10-02
 
 - implements `Serialize` and `Deserialize` for `poem_openapi::types::Any<T>`.
+- add `ParseError::message method` to get the error message.
 
 # [5.1.1] 2024-09-13
 
diff --git a/poem-openapi/Cargo.toml b/poem-openapi/Cargo.toml
index ce65c0dfd4..9a97c9fcd0 100644
--- a/poem-openapi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/poem-openapi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "poem-openapi"
-version = "5.1.1"
+version = "5.1.2"
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/poem-openapi/src/types/error.rs b/poem-openapi/src/types/error.rs
index 4a8f73040b..095b777892 100644
--- a/poem-openapi/src/types/error.rs
+++ b/poem-openapi/src/types/error.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ impl<T: Type> ParseError<T> {
     pub fn into_message(self) -> String {
         self.message
     }
+
+    /// Return the error message.
+    pub fn message(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.message
+    }
 }
 
 /// An error parsing a value of type `T`.