diff --git a/docs/HISTORY.md b/docs/HISTORY.md
index 1ccce80..f47df6e 100644
--- a/docs/HISTORY.md
+++ b/docs/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # MongoDB Ruby Driver History
 
+### 1.5.1
+2011-11-29
+
+Release due to corrupted gemspec. This was a bug having
+to do with rubygems. Apparently, gems must still be
+built with Ruby 1.8.
+
 ### 1.5.0
 2011-11-28
 
diff --git a/ext/cbson/version.h b/ext/cbson/version.h
index cb7f8bb..ad0ab1a 100644
--- a/ext/cbson/version.h
+++ b/ext/cbson/version.h
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-#define VERSION "1.5.0"
+#define VERSION "1.5.1"
diff --git a/lib/bson.rb b/lib/bson.rb
index bab9ba6..5d93351 100644
--- a/lib/bson.rb
+++ b/lib/bson.rb
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 
 $:.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib'))
 
-MINIMUM_BSON_EXT_VERSION = "1.5.0"
+MINIMUM_BSON_EXT_VERSION = "1.5.1"
 
 module BSON
-  VERSION = "1.5.0"
+  VERSION = "1.5.1"
 
   if defined? Mongo::DEFAULT_MAX_BSON_SIZE
     DEFAULT_MAX_BSON_SIZE = Mongo::DEFAULT_MAX_BSON_SIZE
diff --git a/lib/mongo/version.rb b/lib/mongo/version.rb
index 331a202..8531361 100644
--- a/lib/mongo/version.rb
+++ b/lib/mongo/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Mongo
-  VERSION = "1.5.0"
+  VERSION = "1.5.1"
 end