diff --git a/netconf_client/VERSION b/netconf_client/VERSION
index bc80560..26ca594 100644
--- a/netconf_client/VERSION
+++ b/netconf_client/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.5.0
+1.5.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 00ab598..763d968 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 lxml
 six
-futures
+futures; python_version == "2.7"
 paramiko