diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: readr
 Title: Read Rectangular Text Data
-Version: 2.1.4.9000
+Version: 2.1.5
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", , "hadley@posit.co", role = "aut"),
     person("Jim", "Hester", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# readr (development version)
+# readr 2.1.5
 
 * No major user-facing changes. Patch release with housekeeping changes and
   internal changes requested by CRAN around format specification in compiled