diff --git a/RELEASES b/RELEASES
index fba099882..e42aa39d3 100644
--- a/RELEASES
+++ b/RELEASES
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # in the form <version> <date>.  If you update the version field (in
 # configure.ac) you must also add the current date to this file.
 
+1.51.1    2023-02-10
 1.50.0    2023-02-07
 1.49.9    2023-01-19
 1.49.8    2022-12-10
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 32e24feb8..515772723 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 # add extra information using --with-extra="..." which may be any
 # freeform string.
 m4_define([libguestfs_major],   [1])
-m4_define([libguestfs_minor],   [50])
-m4_define([libguestfs_release], [0])
+m4_define([libguestfs_minor],   [51])
+m4_define([libguestfs_release], [1])
 
 AC_INIT([libguestfs],libguestfs_major.libguestfs_minor.libguestfs_release)
 
diff --git a/po/libguestfs.pot b/po/libguestfs.pot
index a7bcca5e9..97e693a42 100644
--- a/po/libguestfs.pot
+++ b/po/libguestfs.pot
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 #, fuzzy
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.50.0\n"
+"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.51.1\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?"
 "component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-02-07 11:23+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-02-10 11:09+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"