diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: usethis
 Title: Automate Package and Project Setup
-Version: 2.1.4
+Version: 2.1.5
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Hadley",
              family = "Wickham",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# usethis 2.1.5
+
 # usethis 2.1.4
 
 pkgdown-related functions no longer automatically strip a trailing slash from the pkgdown site URL, in order to play more nicely with CRAN's URL checks (#1526).