diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4625e936..0efba9d6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+ncmpcpp-0.5.1
+
+ + new feature: customizable startup screen
+ + new feature: locate song in media library
+ + new feature: support for built-in mpd searching in search engine
+ + new feature: support for adding random artists/albums to playlist
+ + new feature: support for album artist tag
+ + new feature: support for switching between user-defined sequence of screens
+ + new feature: discard column colors if item is selected (optional)
+ + new feature: support for adding tracks to playlist after highlighted item
+ + make displaying dates of albums in media library optional
+ + several bugfixes
+
+
 ncmpcpp-0.5
 
  + bash completion support
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index f022d029..86cc6064 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 AC_INIT(configure.in)
 
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ncmpcpp, 0.5.1_pre)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ncmpcpp, 0.5.1)
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)