diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index b54b06bf450..7f52fcc5cec 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "google-apis-core": "0.15.0",
+  "google-apis-core": "0.15.1",
   "google-apis-core+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-apis-generator": "0.15.0",
   "google-apis-generator+FILLER": "0.0.0"
diff --git a/google-apis-core/CHANGELOG.md b/google-apis-core/CHANGELOG.md
index 5ea105f9815..66dfb918778 100644
--- a/google-apis-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-apis-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 0.15.1 (2024-07-29)
+
+#### Bug Fixes
+
+* remove rexml from dependencies ([#19971](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-ruby-client/issues/19971)) 
+
 ### 0.15.0 (2024-05-13)
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/google-apis-core/lib/google/apis/core/version.rb b/google-apis-core/lib/google/apis/core/version.rb
index 6274630ad2a..1a7d0f26b7c 100644
--- a/google-apis-core/lib/google/apis/core/version.rb
+++ b/google-apis-core/lib/google/apis/core/version.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module Google
   module Apis
     module Core
       # Core version
-      VERSION = "0.15.0".freeze
+      VERSION = "0.15.1".freeze
     end
   end
 end