diff --git a/edx_proctoring/__init__.py b/edx_proctoring/__init__.py
index 4147b5e6516..2cd023286e2 100644
--- a/edx_proctoring/__init__.py
+++ b/edx_proctoring/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 # Be sure to update the version number in edx_proctoring/package.json
-__version__ = '1.5.9'
+__version__ = '1.5.10'
 
 default_app_config = 'edx_proctoring.apps.EdxProctoringConfig'  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
diff --git a/edx_proctoring/tests/__init__.py b/edx_proctoring/tests/__init__.py
index 2084a2c6876..0593fde652f 100644
--- a/edx_proctoring/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/edx_proctoring/tests/__init__.py
@@ -23,9 +23,15 @@ def setup_test_backends():
 def setup_test_perms():
     """
     Create missing permissions that would be defined in edx-platform,
-    or elsewhere
+    or elsewhere.
+
+    edx-platform imports tests from edx-proctoring, which causes duplicate
+    rules, so ignore the KeyError thrown by the rules package.
     """
-    rules.add_perm('accounts.can_retire_user', rules.is_staff)
+    try:
+        rules.add_perm('accounts.can_retire_user', rules.is_staff)
+    except KeyError:
+        pass
 
 
 setup_test_backends()
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 05e8572a63c..bf284dc50b9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "@edx/edx-proctoring",
   "//": "Be sure to update the version number in edx_proctoring/__init__.py",
   "//": "Note that the version format is slightly different than that of the Python version when using prereleases.",
-  "version": "1.5.9",
+  "version": "1.5.10",
   "main": "edx_proctoring/static/index.js",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",