diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: callr
 Title: Call R from R
-Version: 3.5.0.9001
+Version: 3.5.1
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Gábor", "Csárdi", role = c("aut", "cre", "cph"),
            email = "csardi.gabor@gmail.com",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-# callr development version
+# callr 3.5.1
 
 * `callr::r_session` now handles large messages from the subprocess
   well (#168).