diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 24ef113a4..900a12d8d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ tl;dr
 -----
 
 * in-memory message queue system
-* runs stand-alone ([download](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/softwaremill-public/elasticmq-server-0.14.15.jar)), via [Docker](https://hub.docker.com/r/softwaremill/elasticmq/) or embedded
+* runs stand-alone ([download](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/softwaremill-public/elasticmq-server-0.15.0.jar)), via [Docker](https://hub.docker.com/r/softwaremill/elasticmq/) or embedded
 * [Amazon SQS](http://aws.amazon.com/sqs/)-compatible interface
 * fully asynchronous implementation, no blocking calls
 
@@ -47,18 +47,18 @@ Installation: stand-alone
 -------------------------
 
 You can download the stand-alone distribution here:
-[https://s3/.../elasticmq-server-0.14.15.jar](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/softwaremill-public/elasticmq-server-0.14.15.jar)
+[https://s3/.../elasticmq-server-0.15.0.jar](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/softwaremill-public/elasticmq-server-0.15.0.jar)
 
 Java 8 or above is required for running the server.
 
 Simply run the jar and you should get a working server, which binds to `localhost:9324`:
 
-    java -jar elasticmq-server-0.14.15.jar
+    java -jar elasticmq-server-0.15.0.jar
 
 ElasticMQ uses [Typesafe Config](https://github.com/typesafehub/config) for configuration. To specify custom
 configuration values, create a file (e.g. `custom.conf`), fill it in with the desired values, and pass it to the server:
 
-    java -Dconfig.file=custom.conf -jar elasticmq-server-0.14.15.jar
+    java -Dconfig.file=custom.conf -jar elasticmq-server-0.15.0.jar
 
 The config file may contain any configuration for Akka and ElasticMQ. Current ElasticMQ configuration values are:
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ You can also provide an alternative [Logback](http://logback.qos.ch/) configurat
 [default](server/src/main/resources/logback.xml) is configured to
 log INFO logs and above to the console):
 
-    java -Dlogback.configurationFile=my_logback.xml -jar elasticmq-server-0.14.15.jar
+    java -Dlogback.configurationFile=my_logback.xml -jar elasticmq-server-0.15.0.jar
 
 How are queue URLs created
 --------------------------
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ Another option is to use custom `Dockerfile`:
 FROM openjdk:8-jre-alpine
 
 ARG ELASTICMQ_VERSION
-ENV ELASTICMQ_VERSION ${ELASTICMQ_VERSION:-0.14.15}
+ENV ELASTICMQ_VERSION ${ELASTICMQ_VERSION:-0.15.0}
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache curl ca-certificates
 RUN mkdir -p /opt/elasticmq/log /opt/elasticmq/lib /opt/elasticmq/config
@@ -293,12 +293,12 @@ ElasticMQ dependencies in SBT
 -----------------------------
 
     // Scala 2.12 and 2.11
-    val elasticmqSqs        = "org.elasticmq" %% "elasticmq-rest-sqs" % "0.14.15"
+    val elasticmqSqs        = "org.elasticmq" %% "elasticmq-rest-sqs" % "0.15.0"
 
 If you don't want the SQS interface, but just use the actors directly, you can add a dependency only to the `core`
 module:
 
-    val elasticmqCore       = "org.elasticmq" %% "elasticmq-core" % "0.14.15"
+    val elasticmqCore       = "org.elasticmq" %% "elasticmq-core" % "0.15.0"
 
 If you want to use a snapshot version, you will need to add the [https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/](https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/) repository to your configuration.
 
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ Dependencies:
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.elasticmq</groupId>
         <artifactId>elasticmq-rest-sqs_2.11</artifactId>
-        <version>0.14.15</version>
+        <version>0.15.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
 If you want to use a snapshot version, you will need to add the [https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/](https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/) repository to your configuration.
@@ -318,9 +318,9 @@ If you want to use a snapshot version, you will need to add the [https://oss.son
 Current versions
 ----------------
 
-*Stable*: 0.14.15, 0.8.12
+*Stable*: 0.15.0, 0.8.12
 
-*Development*: 0.14.15-SNAPSHOT
+*Development*: 0.15.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 Logging
 -------
diff --git a/version.sbt b/version.sbt
index f324aeaa0..b2771948a 100644
--- a/version.sbt
+++ b/version.sbt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version in ThisBuild := "0.14.16-SNAPSHOT"
+version in ThisBuild := "0.15.0"