diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 31dbee79..8dd02ea0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.15.1 (unreleased)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ [c=C35/A24/R0 cpp=C18/A12/R0 qt=C12/A5/R0]
+ Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T5131
+
+
 Noteworthy changes in version 1.15.0 (2020-11-12)
 -------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 437ab157..d3e09846 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ min_automake_version="1.14"
 m4_define([mym4_package],[gpgme])
 m4_define([mym4_major], [1])
 m4_define([mym4_minor], [15])
-m4_define([mym4_micro], [0])
+m4_define([mym4_micro], [1])
 
 # Below is m4 magic to extract and compute the git revision number,
 # the decimalized short revision number, a beta version string and a