diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: polars
 Title: Lightning-Fast 'DataFrame' Library
-Version: 0.15.0.9000
+Version: 0.15.1
 Depends: R (>= 4.2)
 Imports: utils, codetools, methods
 Authors@R:
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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 # NEWS
 
-## Polars R Package (development version)
+## Polars R Package 0.15.1
 
 ### New features