diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 827d0d0..6d68e4c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+0.5.15:
+
+This patch release provides seamless support for the building of
+packages which rely on the ordering of linker arguments. With
+slibtool, reordering takes place only when deemed necessary.
+
+- link mode: support packages that rely on argument reordering.
+- error trace: remove and fix inadvertent calls to strerror(3).
+
 0.5.14:
 
 This patch release provides several fixes at the driver level, as well as
diff --git a/project/tagver.mk b/project/tagver.mk
index c133010..5d913e7 100644
--- a/project/tagver.mk
+++ b/project/tagver.mk
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ VER_NAMESPACE	= SLBT
 
 VER_MAJOR	= 0
 VER_MINOR	= 5
-VER_PATCH	= 14
+VER_PATCH	= 15