diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 95c46ee87f..1b3385518f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Versioned according to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [2.59.1] - 2023-12-05
+
 Fixed:
 
   * Chunking algorithm for `ocrd workspace list-page` now handles edge cases properly, #1145
@@ -1925,6 +1927,7 @@ Fixed
 Initial Release
 
 <!-- link-labels -->
+[2.59.1]: ../../compare/v2.59.1..v2.59.0
 [2.59.0]: ../../compare/v2.59.0..v2.58.1
 [2.58.0]: ../../compare/v2.58.1..v2.58.0
 [2.58.0]: ../../compare/v2.58.0..v2.57.2
diff --git a/ocrd_utils/setup.py b/ocrd_utils/setup.py
index c4a295b3c4..af066887bc 100644
--- a/ocrd_utils/setup.py
+++ b/ocrd_utils/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='ocrd_utils',
-    version='2.59.0',
+    version='2.59.1',
     description='OCR-D framework - shared code, helpers, constants',
     long_description=open('README.md').read(),
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',