diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6fcff35843197089aab3d93daf90be5337407129..741e7d3e067d08e328ab138591b2fd142ddaf63a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # (this is same as gromacs)
 # Notice that "plumed --version" will return only 2.X
 # and "plumed --long-version" will return the full string
-2.1.4
+2.1.5