diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ac2a181..a27ad0a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/datafusion-contrib/datafusion-python/tree/HEAD)
 
-[Full Changelog](https://github.com/datafusion-contrib/datafusion-python/compare/0.5.0...HEAD)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/datafusion-contrib/datafusion-python/compare/0.5.1...HEAD)
 
 **Merged pull requests:**
 
+- use \_\_getitem\_\_ for df column selection [\#41](https://github.com/datafusion-contrib/datafusion-python/pull/41) ([Jimexist](https://github.com/Jimexist))
+- fix demo in readme [\#40](https://github.com/datafusion-contrib/datafusion-python/pull/40) ([Jimexist](https://github.com/Jimexist))
+- Implement select_columns [\#39](https://github.com/datafusion-contrib/datafusion-python/pull/39) ([andygrove](https://github.com/andygrove))
+- update readme and changelog [\#38](https://github.com/datafusion-contrib/datafusion-python/pull/38) ([Jimexist](https://github.com/Jimexist))
 - Add PyDataFrame.explain [\#36](https://github.com/datafusion-contrib/datafusion-python/pull/36) ([andygrove](https://github.com/andygrove))
 - Release 0.5.0 [\#34](https://github.com/datafusion-contrib/datafusion-python/pull/34) ([Jimexist](https://github.com/Jimexist))
 - disable nightly in workflow [\#33](https://github.com/datafusion-contrib/datafusion-python/pull/33) ([Jimexist](https://github.com/Jimexist))
@@ -46,6 +50,14 @@
 - fix ci by fixing directories [\#2](https://github.com/datafusion-contrib/datafusion-python/pull/2) ([Jimexist](https://github.com/Jimexist))
 - setup workflow [\#1](https://github.com/datafusion-contrib/datafusion-python/pull/1) ([Jimexist](https://github.com/Jimexist))
 
+## [0.5.1](https://github.com/datafusion-contrib/datafusion-python/tree/0.5.1) (2022-03-15)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/datafusion-contrib/datafusion-python/compare/0.5.1-rc1...0.5.1)
+
+## [0.5.1-rc1](https://github.com/datafusion-contrib/datafusion-python/tree/0.5.1-rc1) (2022-03-15)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/datafusion-contrib/datafusion-python/compare/0.5.0...0.5.1-rc1)
+
 ## [0.5.0](https://github.com/datafusion-contrib/datafusion-python/tree/0.5.0) (2022-03-10)
 
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/datafusion-contrib/datafusion-python/compare/0.5.0-rc2...0.5.0)
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 397cf85..20d8e39 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "datafusion-python"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 dependencies = [
  "datafusion",
  "datafusion-common",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5733845..a3abe04 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 [package]
 name = "datafusion-python"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 homepage = "https://github.com/apache/arrow"
 repository = "https://github.com/apache/arrow"
 authors = ["Apache Arrow <dev@arrow.apache.org>"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 46e6429..2ad97ad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ You can verify the installation by running:
 ```python
 >>> import datafusion
 >>> datafusion.__version__
-'0.5.0'
+'0.5.1'
 ```
 
 ## How to develop