diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 38025b3e2..fed0f9d45 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Changelog
 
 kitty is a feature full, cross-platform, *fast*, GPU based terminal emulator.
 
-version 0.5.1 [future]
+version 0.5.1 [2017-12-01]
 ---------------------------
 
 - Add an option to control the thickness of lines in box drawing characters
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ version 0.5.1 [future]
 
 - Fix unicode block characters not being rendered properly
 
-- Fix shift+up/down not rendering correct escape codes
+- Fix shift+up/down not generating correct escape codes
 
 - Image display: Fix displaying images taller than two screen heights not
   scrolling properly
diff --git a/kitty/constants.py b/kitty/constants.py
index 59f6faba2..9aa828ed0 100644
--- a/kitty/constants.py
+++ b/kitty/constants.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from collections import namedtuple
 from .fast_data_types import set_boss as set_c_boss
 
 appname = 'kitty'
-version = (0, 5, 0)
+version = (0, 5, 1)
 str_version = '.'.join(map(str, version))
 _plat = sys.platform.lower()
 isosx = 'darwin' in _plat