diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f99d192a..f5a844a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [11.5.1] - 2023-08-07
+
 -   Fix custom rulesets not loading from classpath [#698](https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle/pull/698)
 -   update latest version text file manually [#688](https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle/pull/688)
 
@@ -680,7 +682,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 -   Renamed task with name `ktlint` to `ktlintCheck` (#3)
 -   Renamed tasks with names `ktlint[source set name]` to `ktlint[source set name]Check` (#3)
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle/compare/v11.5.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle/compare/v11.5.1...HEAD
+
+[11.5.1]: https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle/compare/v11.5.0...v11.5.1
 
 [11.5.0]: https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle/compare/v11.4.2...v11.5.0
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cfcfa53f..077028e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 **Provides a convenient wrapper plugin over the [ktlint](https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint) project.**
 
 <!-- Note: if changing the line below, the `sed` command in the perform-release.yaml needs to be updated too -->
-Latest plugin version: [11.5.0](/CHANGELOG.md#---20230703)
+Latest plugin version: [11.5.1](/CHANGELOG.md#---20230807)
 
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diff --git a/plugin/VERSION_CURRENT.txt b/plugin/VERSION_CURRENT.txt
index 7ef69813..326ba189 100644
--- a/plugin/VERSION_CURRENT.txt
+++ b/plugin/VERSION_CURRENT.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-11.5.0
+11.5.1