diff --git a/docs/rest-api.yml b/docs/rest-api.yml
index 1eec4bbc..56920573 100644
--- a/docs/rest-api.yml
+++ b/docs/rest-api.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ swagger: "2.0"
 info:
   title: JupyterHub
   description: The REST API for JupyterHub
-  version: 1.5.0
+  version: 1.5.1
   license:
     name: BSD-3-Clause
 schemes: [http, https]
diff --git a/jupyterhub/_version.py b/jupyterhub/_version.py
index 1bd4f8da..e0484961 100644
--- a/jupyterhub/_version.py
+++ b/jupyterhub/_version.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 version_info = (
     1,
     5,
-    0,
+    1,
     "",  # release (b1, rc1, or "" for final or dev)
     # "dev",  # dev or nothing for beta/rc/stable releases
 )