diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c174b89..af965663 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ endif()
 
 set(${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MINOR 5)
-set(${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_PATCH 0)
+set(${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_PATCH 1)
 set(${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION ${${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MAJOR}.${${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MINOR}.${${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_PATCH})
 set(PROJECT_VERSION ${${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION}) #PROJECT_VERSION is needed by some ECM modules
 set(${PROJECT_NAME}_SOVERSION "1.5")
diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 061344c9..f55b15c6 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* v1.5.1 (unreleased)
+ -
+
 * v1.5.0 (24 November 2021)
  - Install the Python bindings to "site-packages"
  - The Python bindings for Qt6 use the "PyKDDockWidgetsQt6" namespace