diff --git a/Formula/couchdb.rb b/Formula/couchdb.rb
index aff6d7fb5550c..080f1c185a627 100644
--- a/Formula/couchdb.rb
+++ b/Formula/couchdb.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 class Couchdb < Formula
   homepage "http://couchdb.apache.org/"
-  url 'http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?path=/couchdb/source/1.5.0/apache-couchdb-1.5.0.tar.gz'
-  sha1 '283e4bbd4f1727bb334a67d2f988a7d412523bef'
+  url 'http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?path=/couchdb/source/1.5.1/apache-couchdb-1.5.1.tar.gz'
+  sha1 '5340c79f8f9e11742b723f92e2251d4d59b8247c'
 
   head do
     url 'http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb.git'