diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f793004e..49e07472 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ nosetests.xml
 pylint.txt
 *.pyc
 docs/_build
-toy.py
\ No newline at end of file
+toy.py
+.gitignore
diff --git a/requests/core.py b/requests/core.py
index 87f55e45..5215fca2 100644
--- a/requests/core.py
+++ b/requests/core.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ This module implements the main Requests system.
 """
 
 __title__ = 'requests'
-__version__ = '0.5.0'
-__build__ = 0x000500
+__version__ = '0.5.1'
+__build__ = 0x000501
 __author__ = 'Kenneth Reitz'
 __license__ = 'ISC'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2011 Kenneth Reitz'