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 The Kotlin extensions for Timber are distributed with Maven Central, 
 [JCenter](https://bintray.com/ajalt/maven/timberkt) and
-[JitPack](https://jitpack.io/#ajalt/timberkt/1.5.0).
+[JitPack](https://jitpack.io/#ajalt/timberkt/1.5.1).
 
 ```groovy
-implementation 'com.github.ajalt:timberkt:1.5.0'
+implementation 'com.github.ajalt:timberkt:1.5.1'
 ```
 
 ## Documentation
 
-[The documentation is hosted online here](https://jitpack.io/com/github/ajalt/timberkt/1.5.0/javadoc/timberkt/com.github.ajalt.timberkt/index.html).
+[The documentation is hosted online here](https://jitpack.io/com/github/ajalt/timberkt/1.5.1/javadoc/timberkt/com.github.ajalt.timberkt/index.html).
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
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@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-VERSION_NAME=1.5.0
+VERSION_NAME=1.5.1
 VERSION_CODE=6
 GROUP=com.github.ajalt