diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cdc12a92c..00b572813 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ env/
 .mypy_cache/
 .idea/
 .DS_Store
+.hypothesis/
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 98a2cd9aa..b33ff0ea4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/iamdefinitelyahuman/brownie)
 
+## [1.5.1](https://github.com/iamdefinitelyahuman/brownie/tree/v1.5.1) - 2020-01-21
 ### Fixed
 - Correctly isolate path and nodeid from test cases inside classes
 - Allow `""` and `"0x"` when converting to bytes, disallow booleans
+- Tests can run from inside a project subfolder
+- Preserve pytest `rootdir` when a Brownie project is in a subfolder of a Python project
 
 ## [1.5.0](https://github.com/iamdefinitelyahuman/brownie/tree/v1.5.0) - 2020-01-20
 ### Added
diff --git a/brownie/_cli/__main__.py b/brownie/_cli/__main__.py
index 10adfb865..7104d7cb0 100644
--- a/brownie/_cli/__main__.py
+++ b/brownie/_cli/__main__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from brownie.exceptions import ProjectNotFound
 from brownie.utils import color, notify
 
-__version__ = "1.5.0"
+__version__ = "1.5.1"
 
 __doc__ = """Usage:  brownie <command> [<args>...] [options <args>]
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 51a909485..2a69a8696 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def setup(sphinx):
 # The short X.Y version
 version = ""
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = "v1.5.0"
+release = "v1.5.1"
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a36923d4d..45720725d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.5.0
+current_version = 1.5.1
 
 [bumpversion:file:setup.py]
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ffbefb4cf..204d6d970 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 setup(
     name="eth-brownie",
     packages=find_packages(),
-    version="1.5.0",  # don't change this manually, use bumpversion instead
+    version="1.5.1",  # don't change this manually, use bumpversion instead
     license="MIT",
     description="A Python framework for Ethereum smart contract deployment, testing and interaction.",  # noqa: E501
     long_description=long_description,