diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 611a4031..6960f9a6 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 PyVISA-py Changelog
 ===================
 
-0.5.1 (unreleased)
+0.5.1 (30-09-2020)
 ------------------
 
 - fix GPIB commands used in control_ren implementation PR #276
+- list serial resources under Windows without the COM prefix #269
 - fix writing to serial resources PR #277
 - fix return value of USB close method PR #265
-- fix pyvisa version contraint PR #268
+- fix pyvisa version constraint PR #268
 
 0.5.0 (16-09-2020)
 ------------------
diff --git a/pyvisa_py/serial.py b/pyvisa_py/serial.py
index 0f986a81..f0570163 100644
--- a/pyvisa_py/serial.py
+++ b/pyvisa_py/serial.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 :license: MIT, see LICENSE for more details.
 
 """
+import sys
 from typing import Any, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 from pyvisa import attributes, constants, logger, rname
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@
     )
     raise
 
+IS_WIN = sys.platform == "win32"
+
 
 def iter_bytes(data: bytes, mask: Optional[int] = None, send_end: bool = False):
     if send_end and mask is None:
@@ -66,7 +69,10 @@ class SerialSession(Session):
 
     @staticmethod
     def list_resources() -> List[str]:
-        return ["ASRL%s::INSTR" % port[0] for port in comports()]
+        return [
+            "ASRL%s::INSTR" % (port[0][3:] if IS_WIN else port[0])
+            for port in comports()
+        ]
 
     @classmethod
     def get_low_level_info(cls) -> str:
@@ -81,7 +87,9 @@ def after_parsing(self) -> None:
         cls = serial.Serial
 
         self.interface = cls(
-            port=self.parsed.board, timeout=self.timeout, write_timeout=self.timeout
+            port=("COM" if IS_WIN else "") + self.parsed.board,
+            timeout=self.timeout,
+            write_timeout=self.timeout,
         )
 
         for name in (
diff --git a/pyvisa_py/testsuite/test_highlevel.py b/pyvisa_py/testsuite/test_highlevel.py
index 2465a23d..ac798a09 100644
--- a/pyvisa_py/testsuite/test_highlevel.py
+++ b/pyvisa_py/testsuite/test_highlevel.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 :license: MIT, see LICENSE for more details.
 
 """
+from pyvisa.highlevel import list_backends
 from pyvisa.testsuite import BaseTestCase
 
 from pyvisa_py import highlevel
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@
 class TestPyVisaLibrary(BaseTestCase):
     """Test generic property of PyVisaLibrary."""
 
+    def test_list_backends(self):
+        """Test listing backends."""
+        assert "py" in list_backends()
+
     def test_debug_info(self):
         """Test generating debug infos for PyVISA-py."""
         infos = highlevel.PyVisaLibrary.get_debug_info()