diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d4b4c4d14..59b56b978 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
 # 4. If any interfaces have been removed since the last public release, then set age to 0.
 
 set(RMQ_SOVERSION_CURRENT   3)
-set(RMQ_SOVERSION_REVISION  0)
+set(RMQ_SOVERSION_REVISION  1)
 set(RMQ_SOVERSION_AGE       2)
 
 math(EXPR RMQ_SOVERSION_MAJOR "${RMQ_SOVERSION_CURRENT} - ${RMQ_SOVERSION_AGE}")
diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 2f9d2f9f1..c19a1c02c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,4 +1,28 @@
 # Change Log
+## Changes since v0.5.0 (a.k.a., v0.5.1)
+### Enhancements:
+- `a566929` SSL: Add support for wildcards in hostname verification (Mike
+  Steinert)
+- `a78aa8a` Lib: Use poll(2) instead of select(2) for timeouts on sockets.
+- `357bdb3` Lib: support for specifying frame and decoding pool sizes. (Mike
+  Stitt)
+- `8956003` Lib: improve invalid frame detection code.
+
+### Bug fixes:
+- `b852f84` Lib: Add missing amqp_get_server_properties() function.
+- `7001e82` Lib: Add missing ssize_t on Win32 (emazv72)
+- `c2ce2cb` Lib: Correctly specify WINVER on Win32 when unspecified.
+- `fe844e4` CMake: specify -DHAVE_CONFIG_H in examples.
+- `932de5f` Lib: correct time computation on Win32 (jestor)
+- `3e83192` HPUX: use gethrtime on HP-UX for timers.
+- `cb1b44e` HPUX: correct include location of sys/uio.h
+- `8ce585d` Lib: incorrect OOM condition when 0-lenth exchange name is received.
+- `c7716b8` CMake: correct htonll detection code on platforms defined with a
+  macro.
+- `4dc4eda` Lib: remove unused assignment.
+- `45302cf` Lib: remove range-check of channel-ids.
+
+
 ## Changes since v0.4.1 (a.k.a., v0.5.0):
 ### Major changes:
 - Add amqp_get_broker_properties() function 5c7c40adc1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 53f1074f5..b7ce488e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ rabbitmq-discuss mailing list:
 
 ## Latest Stable Version
 
-The latest stable release of [rabbitmq-c is v0.5.0](https://github.com/alanxz/rabbitmq-c/releases/tag/v0.5.0).
+The latest stable release of [rabbitmq-c is v0.5.1](https://github.com/alanxz/rabbitmq-c/releases/tag/v0.5.1).
 A complete list of changes can be found in the [Change Log](ChangeLog.md)
 
 The v0.5.0 source tarball can be downloaded from:
 
-<https://github.com/alanxz/rabbitmq-c/releases/download/v0.5.0/rabbitmq-c-0.5.0.tar.gz>
+<https://github.com/alanxz/rabbitmq-c/releases/download/v0.5.1/rabbitmq-c-0.5.1.tar.gz>
 
 API documentation for v0.5.0+ can viewed from:
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0d60b720d..045f8cb9e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.59])
 
 m4_define([major_version], [0])
 m4_define([minor_version], [5])
-m4_define([micro_version], [0])
+m4_define([micro_version], [1])
 
 # Follow all steps below in order to calculate new ABI version when updating the library
 # NOTE: THIS IS UNRELATED to the actual project version
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ m4_define([micro_version], [0])
 # 3. If any interfaces have been added since the last public release, then increment age.
 # 4. If any interfaces have been removed since the last public release, then set age to 0.
 m4_define([soversion_current],   [3])
-m4_define([soversion_revision],  [0])
+m4_define([soversion_revision],  [1])
 m4_define([soversion_age],       [2])
 
 AC_INIT([rabbitmq-c], [major_version.minor_version.micro_version],
diff --git a/librabbitmq/amqp.h b/librabbitmq/amqp.h
index 441e5b976..f78056385 100644
--- a/librabbitmq/amqp.h
+++ b/librabbitmq/amqp.h
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ AMQP_BEGIN_DECLS
 #define AMQP_VERSION_MAJOR 0
 #define AMQP_VERSION_MINOR 5
 #define AMQP_VERSION_PATCH 1
-#define AMQP_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0
+#define AMQP_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 1
 
 
 /**