diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b3268a59..e1a1d952 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Strobealign Changelog
 
-## Development version
+## v0.15.0 (2024-12-13)
 
 * #388 and #426: Increase accuracy and mapping rate for reads shorter than
   about 200 bp by introducing multi-context seeds.
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1f99661d..a3f4427b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-project(strobealign VERSION 0.14.0)
+project(strobealign VERSION 0.15.0)
 include(FetchContent)
 include(ExternalProject)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fecc45cb..31ddf2cd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     name="strobealign",
     description="Python bindings for strobealign",
     license="MIT",
-    version="0.14.0",
+    version="0.15.0",
     packages=["strobealign"],
     package_dir={"": "src/python"},
     cmake_install_dir="src/python",