diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4a86fcf..2fa5521 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "birli"
-version = "0.15.0"
+version = "0.15.1"
 dependencies = [
  "aoflagger_sys",
  "approx",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cdda2bc..5581a31 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "birli"
 description = "A preprocessing pipeline for the Murchison Widefield Array"
-version = "0.15.0"
+version = "0.15.1"
 readme = "README.md"
 homepage = "https://github.com/MWATelescope/Birli"
 repository = "https://github.com/MWATelescope/Birli"
diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index 70be53f..d74050e 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 <!-- markdownlint-disable=MD025 -->
 
+# Version 0.15.1 (2024-09-29)
+
+- add read and write rate
+
 # Version 0.15.0 (2024-09-28)
 
 - add `--provided-chan-ranges` to fix #149