diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 25aaf175861edb3848b0628e7a699cc4ad1a6c49..830ba141a9161a38df690e8e566e16c57f3bab05 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.14.4
+current_version = 0.15.0
 
 [bumpversion:file:VERSION]
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 3393b5fd47d4a67117689c126a00bb8f657362e5..a5510516948f37ef18bbb69d8edcb8a2c2e9ba7e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.14.4
+0.15.0
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 88dbc8b872daf3354f07bf4c41e154334ebe6064..e8d204d96efed2ff9c6be9cd9d3b71645a83f32a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+makefilet (0.15.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream release
+
+ -- Lars Kruse <devel@sumpfralle.de>  Sat, 09 Mar 2024 02:05:45 +0100
+
 makefilet (0.14.4-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release
diff --git a/main.mk b/main.mk
index fe9c902c5bebf1193ab98b5538d2746a1e556273..fcf10a300d170b64a0ff1e6769212632c069cd62 100644
--- a/main.mk
+++ b/main.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DIR_DIST ?= dist
 # e.g. for "debian/rules install"
 DESTDIR ?= root
 
-MAKEFILET_CURRENT_VERSION = 0.14.4
+MAKEFILET_CURRENT_VERSION = 0.15.0
 
 include $(DIR_MAKEFILET)/base.mk
 include $(DIR_MAKEFILET)/deprecations.mk
diff --git a/makefilet-download-ondemand.mk b/makefilet-download-ondemand.mk
index 8755c283fbd88245c2bb0b28b5e787e765b3d538..5611056c3bf943efae4949eeea601708bd40ab2b 100644
--- a/makefilet-download-ondemand.mk
+++ b/makefilet-download-ondemand.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #   * on-demand download (temporarily stored in the local 'build/' directory)
 
 # alternative version: "main" (the tip of the current development branch)
-MAKEFILET_DOWNLOAD_VERSION ?= v0.14.4
+MAKEFILET_DOWNLOAD_VERSION ?= v0.15.0
 
 ifneq ($(MAKEFILET_DOWNLOAD_URL_TEMPLATE),)
 $(warning 'MAKEFILET_DOWNLOAD_URL_TEMPLATE' is deprecated. Use 'MAKEFILET_DOWNLOAD_URL_TEMPLATES' instead.)