diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f2b7b81a08..e55bc224ab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   (<https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/datumaro/pull/1175>)
 - Add comparison level-up doc
   (<https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/datumaro/pull/1174>)
+- Add ImportError to catch GitPython import error
+  (<https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/datumaro/pull/1174>)
 
 ### Bug fixes
 - Modify the draw function in the visualizer not to raise an error for unsupported annotation types.
diff --git a/src/datumaro/version.py b/src/datumaro/version.py
index 05f8138652..53f2e90233 100644
--- a/src/datumaro/version.py
+++ b/src/datumaro/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.5.1rc2"
+__version__ = "1.5.1rc3"