diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index d6e58ba..545edd8 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+commit-patch (2.5.1)
+
+  * Use App::Fatpacker to bundle IPC::Run, removing the dependency from
+    the release tarball.
+
+ -- David Caldwell <david@porkrind.org>  Sun, 21 Sep 2014 17:22:29 -0700
+
 commit-patch (2.5)
 
   * Added Monotone support.
diff --git a/commit-patch b/commit-patch
index 752ddda..72eee0c 100755
--- a/commit-patch
+++ b/commit-patch
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #                     and Jim Radford <radford@bleackbean.org>, All Rights Reserved.
 # This code can be distributed under the terms of the GNU Public License (Version 2 or greater).
 
-my $VERSION = '2.5';
+my $VERSION = '2.5.1';
 
 use strict;
 use Cwd qw(abs_path);