diff --git a/README b/README
index 6a014cabf3..7f018f4ddb 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is hdf5-1.1.4 released on Sun Nov  1 04:20:08 CST 1998
+This is hdf5-1.1.5 released on Mon Nov  2 04:20:02 CST 1998
 Please refer to the INSTALL file for installation instructions.
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diff --git a/src/H5public.h b/src/H5public.h
index 088ab66a81..3c4ec4e440 100644
--- a/src/H5public.h
+++ b/src/H5public.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 /* Version numbers */
 #define H5_VERS_MAJOR	1       /* For major interface/format changes  	     */
 #define H5_VERS_MINOR	1       /* For minor interface/format changes  	     */
-#define H5_VERS_RELEASE	5      /* For tweaks, bug-fixes, or development     */
+#define H5_VERS_RELEASE	6      /* For tweaks, bug-fixes, or development     */
 
 #define H5check()	H5check_version(H5_VERS_MAJOR,H5_VERS_MINOR,	      \
 				     H5_VERS_RELEASE)