diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 87d4f67..b0af0b8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,11 +6,20 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.5.1] - 2026-08-11
+
 ### Fixed
+- Backups no longer freeze the API. The config backup ran its ~21 minutes of tarring on the
+  event loop, so the whole service was unreachable 03:05-03:25 nightly; it now runs in a
+  worker thread. Health reports moved off the loop too.
 - The health report's permission diagnostic prints the database's own message instead of
   asserting a cause. It claimed the user lacked INSERT on `check_history` when that grant was
   present and the missing one was USAGE on the sequence behind its serial id.
 
+### Notes
+- Requires `GRANT USAGE ON SEQUENCE check_history_id_seq TO scheduler_user`, applied
+  2026-08-11. The table grant alone does not permit the insert.
+
 ## [1.5.0] - 2026-08-11
 
 ### Added
@@ -285,25 +294,7 @@ config_backup_executor.py        50% 📈
 TOTAL                            80% 🎯
 ```
 
-## [Unreleased]
-
-### Fixed
-- The health report's permission diagnostic prints the database's own message instead of
-  asserting a cause. It claimed the user lacked INSERT on `check_history` when that grant was
-  present and the missing one was USAGE on the sequence behind its serial id.
-
-## [1.5.0] - 2026-08-11
-
-### Added
-- Backup executors report their own outcome to the homelab health record — one row in
-  `check_history` per run, success or failure. Replaces a monitor that inferred backup health
-  from file age and could not tell a failed backup from one that had not run yet.
-
-### Notes
-- Requires `GRANT INSERT ON check_history TO scheduler_user` in the `sysmon` database, applied
-  2026-08-11. Without it the report is refused, logged, and skipped; the backup itself is unaffected.
-
-### Planned
+## Planned
 - Redis integration for distributed locking
 - Webhook notifications for task completion
 - Task dependencies (run task B after task A succeeds)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cd57d63..fc1deff 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "the-scheduler"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.5.1"
 description = "System-wide maintenance orchestration - backups, doc mirroring, cleanup, task automation"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"