diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 636b023..8660766 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ionit 0.5.1 (2025-01-13)
+========================
+
+* Fix `AttributeError: "load()" has been removed` when using ruamel.yaml 0.18
+* test: Adjust for improved JSON error messages in Python 3.13 (#3)
+
 ionit 0.5.0 (2022-03-16)
 ========================
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8ba998c..3c21a29 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def systemd_unit_path():
 
     setup(
         name="ionit",
-        version="0.5.0",
+        version="0.5.1",
         description="Render configuration files from Jinja templates",
         long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
         long_description_content_type="text/markdown",