diff --git a/roles/mysqld_exporter/defaults/main.yml b/roles/mysqld_exporter/defaults/main.yml
index cd4637698..d63f547f1 100644
--- a/roles/mysqld_exporter/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mysqld_exporter/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-mysqld_exporter_version: 0.15.0
+mysqld_exporter_version: 0.15.1
 mysqld_exporter_binary_local_dir: ""
 mysqld_exporter_binary_url: "https://github.com/{{ _mysqld_exporter_repo }}/releases/download/v{{ mysqld_exporter_version }}/\
                            mysqld_exporter-{{ mysqld_exporter_version }}.linux-{{ go_arch }}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/roles/mysqld_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml b/roles/mysqld_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 6dfac06d2..35cdf7488 100644
--- a/roles/mysqld_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/roles/mysqld_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ argument_specs:
     options:
       mysqld_exporter_version:
         description: "MySQLd exporter package version. Also accepts latest as parameter."
-        default: "0.15.0"
+        default: "0.15.1"
       mysqld_exporter_skip_install:
         description: "MySQLd installation tasks gets skipped when set to true."
         type: bool