diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: vembedr
 Title: Embed Video in HTML
-Version: 0.1.4.9006
+Version: 0.1.5
 Authors@R: c(
     person(
       given = "Ian", 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# vembedr 0.1.4 (development version)
+## vembedr 0.1.5
 
 - updates repository and GitHub actions to reflect default git branch is now `main`. (#55)