diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dc34d8726..59b24bc5d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ A raw git diff can be seen [here][unreleased].
 
 <!--next-->
 
+## [5.1.1] 2022-07-18
+
+## Bugfix
+
+-   [#1216](https://github.com/SMI/SmiServices/pull/1216) by jas88. Bugfix:
+    issue #1217, microservices prematurely exiting since RabbitMQ no longer
+    delays completion
+
 ## [5.1.0] 2022-06-23
 
 ## Feature
@@ -1096,7 +1104,8 @@ First stable release after importing the repository from the private
 -   Anonymous `MappingTableName` must now be fully specified to pass validation
     (e.g. `mydb.mytbl`). Previously skipping database portion was supported.
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/SMI/SmiServices/compare/v5.1.0...master
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/SMI/SmiServices/compare/v5.1.1...master
+[5.1.1]: https://github.com/SMI/SmiServices/compare/v5.1.0...v5.1.1
 [5.1.0]: https://github.com/SMI/SmiServices/compare/v5.0.1...v5.1.0
 [5.0.1]: https://github.com/SMI/SmiServices/compare/v5.0.0...v5.0.1
 [5.0.0]: https://github.com/SMI/SmiServices/compare/v4.0.0...v5.0.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9b3d1c241..a58cbf3a3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ![GitHub](https://img.shields.io/github/license/SMI/SmiServices)
 [![Total alerts](https://img.shields.io/lgtm/alerts/g/SMI/SmiServices.svg?logo=lgtm&logoWidth=18)](https://lgtm.com/projects/g/SMI/SmiServices/alerts/)
 
-Version: `5.1.0`
+Version: `5.1.1`
 
 # SMI Services
 
diff --git a/news/1216-bugfix.md b/news/1216-bugfix.md
deleted file mode 100644
index c06c1cd91..000000000
--- a/news/1216-bugfix.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Bugfix: issue #1217, microservices prematurely exiting since RabbitMQ no longer delays completion
diff --git a/src/SharedAssemblyInfo.cs b/src/SharedAssemblyInfo.cs
index 02135270f..5aa6baaeb 100644
--- a/src/SharedAssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/SharedAssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
 
 // These should be overwritten by release builds
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("5.1.0")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("5.1.0")]
-[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("5.1.0")] // This one can have the extra build info after it
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("5.1.1")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("5.1.1")]
+[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("5.1.1")] // This one can have the extra build info after it