diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index bcaa3b257..155d34b1f 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: data.table
-Version: 1.15.99
+Version: 1.15.0
 Title: Extension of `data.frame`
 Depends: R (>= 3.1.0)
 Imports: methods
diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index 1dcc67dc6..3edd2160a 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -353,6 +353,6 @@ SEXP initLastUpdated(SEXP var) {
 
 SEXP dllVersion(void) {
   // .onLoad calls this and checks the same as packageVersion() to ensure no R/C version mismatch, #3056
-  return(ScalarString(mkChar("1.15.99")));
+  return(ScalarString(mkChar("1.15.0")));
 }