diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 743a07db..e18d0afe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 Changelog for ssm
 =================
+ * Tue Nov 25 2014 Adrian Coveney <adrian.coveney@stfc.ac.uk> - 2.1.5-0.1.rc1
+ - The highest version of SSL/TLS available is now used (previously only SSLv3).
+ - Added python-ssl as a dependency (SL5/EL5 only).
+ - Minor tweaks made to logging calls and the logging level of certain messages.
+
  * Fri Aug 08 2014 Adrian Coveney <adrian.coveney@stfc.ac.uk> - 2.1.4-1
  - Corrected version number used in Python code.
 
diff --git a/apel-ssm.spec b/apel-ssm.spec
index 78683fdc..ca69f52b 100644
--- a/apel-ssm.spec
+++ b/apel-ssm.spec
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           apel-ssm
-Version:        2.1.4
-%define releasenumber 1
+Version:        2.1.5
+%define releasenumber 0.1.rc1
 Release:        %{releasenumber}%{?dist}
 Summary:        Secure stomp messenger
 
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %doc %_defaultdocdir/%{name}
 
 %changelog
+ * Tue Nov 25 2014 Adrian Coveney <adrian.coveney@stfc.ac.uk> - 2.1.5-0.1.rc1
+ - The highest version of SSL/TLS available is now used (previously only SSLv3).
+ - Added python-ssl as a dependency (SL5/EL5 only).
+ - Minor tweaks made to logging calls and the logging level of certain messages.
+
  * Fri Aug 08 2014 Adrian Coveney <adrian.coveney@stfc.ac.uk> - 2.1.4-1
  - Corrected version number used in Python code.
 
diff --git a/ssm/__init__.py b/ssm/__init__.py
index 5204506a..4d17a35a 100644
--- a/ssm/__init__.py
+++ b/ssm/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import logging
 import sys
 
-__version__ = (2, 1, 4)
+__version__ = (2, 1, 5)
 
 LOG_BREAK = '========================================'