diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2a796596e..e16c1de95 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #
 
 PROG      := busybox
-VERSION   := 0.51pre
+VERSION   := 0.51
 BUILDTIME := $(shell TZ=UTC date --utc "+%Y.%m.%d-%H:%M%z")
 export VERSION
 
diff --git a/busybox.spec b/busybox.spec
index 91241a583..b8e1a201e 100644
--- a/busybox.spec
+++ b/busybox.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: busybox
-Version: 0.50
+Version: 0.51
 Release: 1
 Group: System/Utilities
 Summary: BusyBox is a tiny suite of Unix utilities in a multi-call binary.
diff --git a/examples/busybox.spec b/examples/busybox.spec
index 91241a583..b8e1a201e 100644
--- a/examples/busybox.spec
+++ b/examples/busybox.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: busybox
-Version: 0.50
+Version: 0.51
 Release: 1
 Group: System/Utilities
 Summary: BusyBox is a tiny suite of Unix utilities in a multi-call binary.