Prepare Newton 1.5.1 release (#4067)

Author: jcarius-nv

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 <!-- towncrier release notes start -->
 
-## [1.5.1] - 2026-08-26
+## [1.5.1] - 2026-08-27
 
 ### Fixed
 

README.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Newton was initiated by [Disney Research](https://www.disneyresearch.com/), [Goo
 - **OS:** Linux (x86-64, aarch64), Windows (x86-64), or macOS (CPU only)
 - **GPU:** NVIDIA GPU (Maxwell or newer), driver 545 or newer (CUDA 12). No local CUDA Toolkit installation required. macOS runs on CPU.
 
-For detailed system requirements, see the [installation guide](https://newton-physics.github.io/newton/1.5.0/guide/installation.html). For tested configurations and Newton's versioning and deprecation policies, see the [compatibility guide](https://newton-physics.github.io/newton/1.5.0/guide/compatibility.html).
+For detailed system requirements, see the [installation guide](https://newton-physics.github.io/newton/1.5.1/guide/installation.html). For tested configurations and Newton's versioning and deprecation policies, see the [compatibility guide](https://newton-physics.github.io/newton/1.5.1/guide/compatibility.html).
 
 ## Quickstart
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pip install "newton[examples]"
 python -m newton.examples
 ```
 
-To install from source with [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/), see the [installation guide](https://newton-physics.github.io/newton/1.5.0/guide/installation.html).
+To install from source with [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/), see the [installation guide](https://newton-physics.github.io/newton/1.5.1/guide/installation.html).
 
 ## Examples
 
@@ -918,11 +918,11 @@ python -m newton.examples basic_viewer --viewer gl --num-frames 500 --device cpu
 
 ## Contributing and Development
 
-See the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/newton-physics/newton-governance/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) and the [development guide](https://newton-physics.github.io/newton/1.5.0/guide/development.html) for instructions on how to contribute to Newton.
+See the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/newton-physics/newton-governance/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) and the [development guide](https://newton-physics.github.io/newton/1.5.1/guide/development.html) for instructions on how to contribute to Newton.
 
 ## Support and Community Discussion
 
-For questions, please consult the [Newton documentation](https://newton-physics.github.io/newton/1.5.0/guide/overview.html) first before creating [a discussion in the main repository](https://github.com/newton-physics/newton/discussions).
+For questions, please consult the [Newton documentation](https://newton-physics.github.io/newton/1.5.1/guide/overview.html) first before creating [a discussion in the main repository](https://github.com/newton-physics/newton/discussions).
 
 ## Code of Conduct
 

docs/api/newton.rst

@@ -74,6 +74,6 @@ newton
    * - ``MAXVAL``
      - ``10000000000.0``
    * - ``__version__``
-     - ``1.5.1rc1``
+     - ``1.5.1``
    * - ``use_coord_layout_targets``
      - ``False``

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "uv_build"
 
 [project]
 name = "newton"
-version = "1.5.1rc1"
+version = "1.5.1"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 license-files = ["LICENSE.md", "newton/licenses/**/*.txt"]
 authors = [{ name = "Newton Developers", email = "developers@newton-physics.org" }]