diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 707079fc77..99e1db6a41 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ set_property(CACHE CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE PROPERTY
 # version string, else they are combined with the result of `git describe`.
 set(NVIM_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set(NVIM_VERSION_MINOR 5)
-set(NVIM_VERSION_PATCH 0)
+set(NVIM_VERSION_PATCH 1)
 set(NVIM_VERSION_PRERELEASE "") # for package maintainers
 
 # API level
diff --git a/runtime/nvim.appdata.xml b/runtime/nvim.appdata.xml
index 099c9a57c0..7c438bc851 100644
--- a/runtime/nvim.appdata.xml
+++ b/runtime/nvim.appdata.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   </screenshots>
 
   <releases>
+    <release date="2021-09-26" version="0.5.1"/>
     <release date="2021-07-02" version="0.5.0"/>
     <release date="2020-08-04" version="0.4.4"/>
     <release date="2019-11-06" version="0.4.3"/>