diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index f5d942d..aa8961f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 Apache Tez Change Log
 =====================
 
-Release 0.6.0: Unreleased
-
-INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
-
-ALL CHANGES:
-
-Release 0.5.1: Unreleased
+Release 0.5.1: 2014-10-02
 
 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
   TEZ-1488. Rename HashComparator to ProxyComparator and implement in TezBytesComparator
diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index 62adb4f..8dbe5c8 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
       <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
       <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-      <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>0.5.1</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>tez-docs</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3fb332f..dbf5923 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
   <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.5.1</version>
   <name>tez</name>
 
   <licenses>
diff --git a/tez-api/pom.xml b/tez-api/pom.xml
index ad65ade..85eeb75 100644
--- a/tez-api/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-api/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-api</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/tez-common/pom.xml b/tez-common/pom.xml
index dc1d16a..1024eab 100644
--- a/tez-common/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-common/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-common</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/tez-dag/pom.xml b/tez-dag/pom.xml
index 29b739f..b737a72 100644
--- a/tez-dag/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-dag/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.1</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <tez.component>tez-dag</tez.component>
diff --git a/tez-dist/pom.xml b/tez-dist/pom.xml
index 516b3c9..86f5013 100644
--- a/tez-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-dist/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-dist</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/tez-examples/pom.xml b/tez-examples/pom.xml
index 584dec0..1167d87 100644
--- a/tez-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-examples/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>tez-examples</artifactId>
diff --git a/tez-mapreduce/pom.xml b/tez-mapreduce/pom.xml
index cffd7e7..048ccc5 100644
--- a/tez-mapreduce/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-mapreduce/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-mapreduce</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/tez-plugins/pom.xml b/tez-plugins/pom.xml
index b8a6e7d..6b70e4f 100644
--- a/tez-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-plugins</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history/pom.xml b/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history/pom.xml
index 49d3f3c..800446c 100644
--- a/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-yarn-timeline-history</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/tez-runtime-internals/pom.xml b/tez-runtime-internals/pom.xml
index 15ff71f..09830ea 100644
--- a/tez-runtime-internals/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-runtime-internals/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-runtime-internals</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/tez-runtime-library/pom.xml b/tez-runtime-library/pom.xml
index fa26a06..e3750a0 100644
--- a/tez-runtime-library/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-runtime-library/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-runtime-library</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/tez-tests/pom.xml b/tez-tests/pom.xml
index 66853ca..b6733b6 100644
--- a/tez-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-tests/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tez</groupId>
     <artifactId>tez</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>tez-tests</artifactId>