diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b40c8957c888bcce6b25c6b72c91b6691704a711..17d0e93f853be8e02d632202ac87ebc46faf2d28 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+1.7.5
+=====
+Fixes:
+------
+* Fix a bug in the JSON Patch implementation of `cJSON Utils` (see #251), thanks @bobkocisko.
+
 1.7.4
 =====
 Fixes:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 41b8b29174a5cc3b79a2f26b4ebd194042f97922..09039f62c8000406063c64531fba9ef013a12a7a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR 7)
-set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 4)
+set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 5)
 set(CJSON_VERSION_SO 1)
 set(CJSON_UTILS_VERSION_SO 1)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}")
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 01ee754051fe4b4f8a6aa8d69d044f428842d6db..10222facadae036e3c02ef9eed71695cd9ce4d41 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CJSON_TEST_SRC = cJSON.c test.c
 
 LDLIBS = -lm
 
-LIBVERSION = 1.7.4
+LIBVERSION = 1.7.5
 CJSON_SOVERSION = 1
 UTILS_SOVERSION = 1
 
diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index b4fc727de0239c8499a8f062979ee239da1555dc..7e71ea9e87033afd48a4380b3ba63267ab771982 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_GetStringValue(cJSON *item) {
 }
 
 /* This is a safeguard to prevent copy-pasters from using incompatible C and header files */
-#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 7) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 4)
+#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 7) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 5)
     #error cJSON.h and cJSON.c have different versions. Make sure that both have the same.
 #endif
 
diff --git a/cJSON.h b/cJSON.h
index 4dc1cfb762edfe53031e00302032e49baa45fa88..a9c68fa2c7e0c42933d127b7610ff7acde81590a 100644
--- a/cJSON.h
+++ b/cJSON.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ extern "C"
 /* project version */
 #define CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR 1
 #define CJSON_VERSION_MINOR 7
-#define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 4
+#define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 5
 
 #include <stddef.h>