diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index dd8fde7..e20d7e8 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.5.0"
+  ".": "1.5.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 95424c8..5536cd8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.5.1](https://github.com/mandy8055/data-structures/compare/v1.5.0...v1.5.1) (2026-09-15)
+
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* 🐛 use correct exclude-paths field for release-please scoping ([19f85f9](https://github.com/mandy8055/data-structures/commit/19f85f9dfb69df919cd3d4dba8a89ba5ef799b47))
+* 🐛 use directory-only exclude-paths entries ([3a2fb41](https://github.com/mandy8055/data-structures/commit/3a2fb411629653374e4816b6fc9055d374c96a9a))
+
 ## [1.5.0](https://github.com/mandy8055/data-structures/compare/v1.4.2...v1.5.0) (2026-09-15)
 
 
diff --git a/deno.json b/deno.json
index c56cccb..e918797 100644
--- a/deno.json
+++ b/deno.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@dstoolkit/data-structures",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.5.1",
   "exports": "./src/mod.ts",
   "license": "MIT",
   "publish": {