diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index d717268c..b4b51cdd 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 ---
 ## (current master)
 
-## 0.14.3
+## 0.15.0
 
 - improve resolution of png output of GR with savefig()
 - add check for ticks=nothing
diff --git a/test/imgcomp.jl b/test/imgcomp.jl
index b9038d3d..748ef4a8 100644
--- a/test/imgcomp.jl
+++ b/test/imgcomp.jl
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ default(size=(500,300))
 # TODO: use julia's Condition type and the wait() and notify() functions to initialize a Window, then wait() on a condition that
 #       is referenced in a button press callback (the button clicked callback will call notify() on that condition)
 
-const _current_plots_version = v"0.13.1"
+const _current_plots_version = v"0.15.0"
 
 
 function image_comparison_tests(pkg::Symbol, idx::Int; debug = false, popup = isinteractive(), sigma = [1,1], eps = 1e-2)