diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fdf25fd954cb4dd768230b9ff48d0700dcb4d859..a8a2450de6256ba5083e9a090e177ad784b6f1fb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+4.15.1
+======
+
+- Fix an error leak in compositor (xfce/xfwm4#351)
+- Fix compositor selection atom misuse
+- Prefer zero initialized memory allocation functions
+- Use g_slice allocator for compositor windows
+
 4.15.0
 ======
 
diff --git a/configure.ac.in b/configure.ac.in
index 5d8afba62d2d72dca6971600094d12ce504a2d88..c7fa2a5004c6bd0baeb2cdd0fd8ecd86beedf0e8 100644
--- a/configure.ac.in
+++ b/configure.ac.in
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ dnl
 
 m4_define([xfwm4_version_major], [4])
 m4_define([xfwm4_version_minor], [15])
-m4_define([xfwm4_version_micro], [0])
+m4_define([xfwm4_version_micro], [1])
 m4_define([xfwm4_version_build], [@REVISION@])
-m4_define([xfwm4_version_tag],   [git])
+m4_define([xfwm4_version_tag],   [])
 m4_define([xfwm4_version], [xfwm4_version_major().xfwm4_version_minor().xfwm4_version_micro()ifelse(xfwm4_version_tag(), [git], [xfwm4_version_tag().xfwm4_version_build()], [xfwm4_version_tag()])])
 
 m4_define([gtk_minimum_version], [3.20.0])