diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8033913e09..600d7a8b74 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gst-devtools', 'c',
-  version : '1.15.2',
+  version : '1.15.2.1',
   meson_version : '>= 0.47',
   default_options : [ 'warning_level=1',
                       'c_std=gnu99',
diff --git a/validate/NEWS b/validate/NEWS
index 6457a5d996..e6f8c3dbe7 100644
--- a/validate/NEWS
+++ b/validate/NEWS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ GSTREAMER 1.16 RELEASE NOTES
 
 
 GStreamer 1.16 has not been released yet. It is scheduled for release in
-January/February 2019.
+March 2019.
 
 1.15.x is the unstable development version that is being developed in
 the git master branch and which will eventually result in 1.16.
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ the git master branch and which will eventually result in 1.16.
 See https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.16/ for the latest
 version of this document.
 
-_Last updated: Monday 25 January 2019, 15:00 UTC (log)_
+_Last updated: Wednesday 27 January 2019, 00:30 UTC (log)_
 
 
 Introduction
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ the git 1.16 branch, which is a stable branch.
 
 1.16.0
 
-1.16.0 is scheduled to be released around January/February 2019.
+1.16.0 is scheduled to be released in March 2019.
 
 
 Known Issues
@@ -1269,6 +1269,6 @@ August/September.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 _These release notes have been prepared by Tim-Philipp Müller with_
-_contributions from Sebastian Dröge._
+_contributions from Sebastian Dröge and Guillaume Desmottes._
 
 _License: CC BY-SA 4.0_
diff --git a/validate/RELEASE b/validate/RELEASE
index 1f5bd5c3e6..272eba2fe1 100644
--- a/validate/RELEASE
+++ b/validate/RELEASE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is GStreamer gst-validate 1.15.2.
+This is GStreamer gst-validate 1.15.2.1.
 
 GStreamer 1.15 is the development branch leading up to the next major
 stable version which will be 1.16.
diff --git a/validate/configure.ac b/validate/configure.ac
index 459b52f7f2..cb3dfd5c09 100644
--- a/validate/configure.ac
+++ b/validate/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.62)
 dnl initialize autoconf
 dnl when going to/from release please set the nano (fourth number) right !
 dnl releases only do Wall, cvs and prerelease does Werror too
-AC_INIT(Gst-Validate, 1.15.2,
+AC_INIT(Gst-Validate, 1.15.2.1,
     http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer,
     gst-validate)
 
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GST_API_VERSION, "$GST_API_VERSION",
 AS_LIBTOOL(GST, 1502, 0, 1502)
 
 dnl *** required versions of GStreamer stuff ***
-GST_REQ=1.15.2
-GSTPB_REQ=1.15.2
+GST_REQ=1.15.2.1
+GSTPB_REQ=1.15.2.1
 
 dnl *** autotools stuff ****
 
diff --git a/validate/meson.build b/validate/meson.build
index 708321609e..2848e7be74 100644
--- a/validate/meson.build
+++ b/validate/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# version: '1.15.2' - we're putting this in here to trick the dist-hook check
+# version: '1.15.2.1' - we're putting this in here to trick the dist-hook check
 # in release.mak in the common submodule without having to update it
 inc_dirs = include_directories('.')