diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index 23d9e90f8..2e41f3963 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -21,6 +21,70 @@
 
 ## Release Notes for Cordova (Android)
 
+### 15.1.0
+
+**Features:**
+
+* feat: call new method `CordovaPlugin.onRequestPermissionsResult` ([#1855](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1855)) [[b66f0f33](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/b66f0f33)]
+* feat: deprecate `PermissionHelper` ([#1857](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1857)) [[8c839764](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/8c839764)]
+* feat: remove unused private Method `PermissionHelper.deliverPermissionResult` ([#1858](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1858)) [[9c3d8268](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/9c3d8268)]
+
+**Fixes:**
+
+* fix: webview loses scrollability and creates empty bottom space ([#1924](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1924)) [[b91144c0](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/b91144c0)]
+* fix: handle permissions for getUserMedia ([#1895](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1895)) [[24502178](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/24502178)]
+* fix: overwritten backbutton not firing on first time by hardware button and never on back gesture ([#1910](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1910)) [[0bfbc20b](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/0bfbc20b)]
+* fix(android): use AndroidX `OnBackPressedCallback` instead of `OnBackInvokedCallback` ([#1903](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1903)) [[9064bc07](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/9064bc07)]
+* fix(gradle-9): unable to resolve class XmlParser for Groovy 4.x ([#1896](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1896)) [[9ae489bd](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/9ae489bd)]
+* fix(statusbar.js): remove trailing whitespace in comment for lint ([#1970](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1970)) [[cdbeb603](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/cdbeb603)]
+* fix(statusbar): Properly handle CSS colours ([#1955](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1955)) [[dd3fd357](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/dd3fd357)]
+* fix(SystemBarPlugin): remove `canEdgeToEdge` check for `execute` method ([#1971](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1971)) [[61ebdcde](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/61ebdcde)]
+* fix(SystemBarPlugin): remove sentinel value `INVALID_COLOR`, use `null` instead  ([#1939](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1939)) [[f4ecf997](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/f4ecf997)]
+
+**Others**
+
+* chore: cleanup PermissionHelper ([#1925](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1925)) [[7dd7f504](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/7dd7f504)]
+* chore: bump package 15.1.0-dev.0 & update package-lock ([#1964](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1964)) [[929f2054](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/929f2054)]
+* chore: remove redundant Hello World template files ([#1926](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1926)) [[56e263fe](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/56e263fe)]
+* chore: simplify edge-to-edge preference logic in CordovaActivity and SystemBarPlugin ([#1902](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1902)) [[190076ba](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/190076ba)]
+* chore: ignore gradle build artificat `problems-report.html` ([#1912](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1912)) [[b1705d83](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/b1705d83)]
+* chore: more license header updates ([#1909](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1909)) [[1f70d396](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/1f70d396)]
+* chore: update package-lock ([#1905](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1905)) [[af56a003](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/af56a003)]
+* chore(ci): update & clean workflow ([#1966](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1966)) [[654b03a3](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/654b03a3)]
+* chore(ci): improve workflows & dependabot ([#1928](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1928)) [[08c4fd1e](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/08c4fd1e)]
+* chore(deps-dev): bump js-yaml from 4.1.1 to 4.2.0 ([#1960](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1960)) [[ebccedf6](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/ebccedf6)]
+* chore(deps-dev): bump tmp from 0.2.6 to 0.2.7 ([#1956](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1956)) [[d90eeecb](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/d90eeecb)]
+* chore(deps-dev): bump tmp from 0.2.5 to 0.2.6 ([#1945](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1945)) [[a63c1e18](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/a63c1e18)]
+* chore(deps-dev): bump c8 from 10.1.3 to 11.0.0 ([#1941](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1941)) [[74fbbdce](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/74fbbdce)]
+* chore(deps-dev): bump jasmine from 6.1.0 to 6.2.0 ([#1932](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1932)) [[90b4b057](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/90b4b057)]
+* chore(deps): bump github/codeql-action/analyze from 4.36.3 to 4.37.0 ([#1973](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1973)) [[80658ea4](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/80658ea4)]
+* chore(deps): bump github/codeql-action/init from 4.36.3 to 4.37.0 ([#1972](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1972)) [[89771e64](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/89771e64)]
+* chore(deps): bump actions/setup-java from 5.4.0 to 5.5.0 ([#1974](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1974)) [[065a99d8](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/065a99d8)]
+* chore(deps): bump github/codeql-action/analyze from 4.36.2 to 4.36.3 ([#1969](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1969)) [[d830222e](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/d830222e)]
+* chore(deps): bump github/codeql-action/init from 4.36.2 to 4.36.3 ([#1968](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1968)) [[1e2f0ca6](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/1e2f0ca6)]
+* chore(deps): bump codecov/codecov-action from 4.6.0 to 7.0.0 ([#1954](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1954)) [[acbc5b48](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/acbc5b48)]
+* chore(deps): bump actions/setup-java from 5.3.0 to 5.4.0 ([#1965](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1965)) [[cb52fb8d](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/cb52fb8d)]
+* chore(deps): bump actions/checkout from 6.0.3 to 7.0.0 ([#1959](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1959)) [[79771499](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/79771499)]
+* chore(deps): bump actions/setup-java from 5.2.0 to 5.3.0 ([#1958](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1958)) [[e53dc373](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/e53dc373)]
+* chore(deps): bump actions/checkout from 6.0.2 to 6.0.3 ([#1952](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1952)) [[703ebeae](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/703ebeae)]
+* chore(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 4.36.0 to 4.36.2 ([#1953](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1953)) [[363a9a77](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/363a9a77)]
+* chore(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 4.35.5 to 4.36.0 ([#1944](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1944)) [[a1f75a3e](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/a1f75a3e)]
+* chore(deps): bump erisu/apache-rat-action from 2.0.0 to 3.0.0 ([#1937](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1937)) [[4ce731da](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/4ce731da)]
+* chore(deps): bump semver from 7.7.4 to 7.8.0 ([#1934](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1934)) [[c636f8bb](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/c636f8bb)]
+* chore(deps): bump erisu/license-checker-action from 2.0.1 to 2.1.0 ([#1930](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1930)) [[0baa901d](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/0baa901d)]
+* chore(deps): bump @xmldom/xmldom from 0.8.12 to 0.8.13 ([#1918](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1918)) [[0d6fdd17](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/0d6fdd17)]
+* chore(deps): bump lodash from 4.17.23 to 4.18.1 ([#1914](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1914)) [[7b33c5dd](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/7b33c5dd)]
+* chore(deps): bump @xmldom/xmldom from 0.8.11 to 0.8.12 ([#1911](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1911)) [[c44a4627](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/c44a4627)]
+* chore(deps): bump picomatch ([#1908](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1908)) [[2868f93a](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/2868f93a)]
+* chore(deps): bump minimatch ([#1898](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1898)) [[31f3d57c](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/31f3d57c)]
+* chore(gh-action): improve draft-release workflow ([#1906](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1906)) [[340eade2](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/340eade2)]
+* chore(INFRA): Set up default protection ruleset for default and release branches ([#1927](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1927)) [[f490531d](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/f490531d)]
+* chore(post-release): bump v15.0.1-dev.0 ([#1899](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1899)) [[c02d1b03](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/c02d1b03)]
+* doc: improve documentation of `onRequestPermissionResult` and `onRequestPermissionsResult` ([#1920](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1920)) [[1d01ea1f](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/1d01ea1f)]
+* doc(CordovaPreferences): Improve documentation for using Long.decode instead of Integer.decode ([#1943](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1943)) [[661fadd0](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/661fadd0)]
+* doc(statusbar.js): document `visible` property and `setBackgroundColor` method ([#1961](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1961)) [[50ee09e4](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/50ee09e4)]
+* refactor: address warnings in SystemWebChromeClient.java ([#1951](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/1951)) [[80491e9a](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/80491e9a)]
+
 ### 15.0.0
 
 **Breaking Changes:**
diff --git a/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/CordovaWebView.java b/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/CordovaWebView.java
index da92d195c..65357d9d2 100644
--- a/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/CordovaWebView.java
+++ b/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/CordovaWebView.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * are not expected to implement it.
  */
 public interface CordovaWebView {
-    public static final String CORDOVA_VERSION = "15.0.0";
+    public static final String CORDOVA_VERSION = "15.1.0";
 
     void init(CordovaInterface cordova, List<PluginEntry> pluginEntries, CordovaPreferences preferences);
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f9418acef..eda26df60 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "cordova-android",
-  "version": "15.1.0-dev.0",
+  "version": "15.1.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "cordova-android",
-      "version": "15.1.0-dev.0",
+      "version": "15.1.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "android-versions": "^2.1.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 44282e921..0ebfcd7d1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cordova-android",
-  "version": "15.1.0-dev.0",
+  "version": "15.1.0",
   "description": "cordova-android release",
   "types": "./types/index.d.ts",
   "main": "lib/Api.js",