diff --git a/mingw-w64-python-matplotlib/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-python-matplotlib/PKGBUILD
index 8ac5351e5b..8abaffe36c 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-python-matplotlib/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-python-matplotlib/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 _realname=matplotlib
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-python-${_realname}
 pkgname=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python2-${_realname}" "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-${_realname}")
-pkgver=1.5.0
-pkgrel=2
+pkgver=1.5.1
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="A python plotting library, making publication quality plots (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
 url='http://matplotlib.org'
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ makedepends=(
 source=("${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz"::"https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz"
         setupext.py.patch
         setup.py.patch)
-md5sums=('35a9cad23887dc6a7bd30cf434aa3f65'
+md5sums=('b22dc4962f36aab919a7125b3b35953b'
          'cd1ef742fb22f91cfed3c36dd4a6f1e1'
          'b5f64259a266ccc517586debb8c4e5c8')
 noextract=("${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz")