diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 170e1530..219360f7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v1.5.1
+
+### Bug fixes
+* Make the import of opt_einsum.contract (linear.py) explicit (#658)
+
 ## v1.5
 
 ### New features
@@ -12,7 +17,6 @@ Fast Gradient Clipping and Ghost Clipping (#656)
 * Fix GPU-CPU device mismatch error in util filter_dilated_rows (#633)
 * Fix Opacus's runtime error with an empty batch (issue 612) (#631)
 
-
 ## v1.4.1
 
 ### Bug fixes
diff --git a/opacus/version.py b/opacus/version.py
index a777ec1a..b195b092 100644
--- a/opacus/version.py
+++ b/opacus/version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "1.5"
+__version__ = "1.5.1"