diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 35800d01fb..863e0e9595 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ venv/
 *~
 .pytest_cache/
 *.swp
+tests/data/local_mode_lock
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 59ce4065fa..34bf6e2b5f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
-1.14.3-dev
+1.15.0
 ======
 
 * bug-fix: Changes to use correct S3 bucket and time range for dataframes in TrainingJobAnalytics.
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 3aaafe7ff0..0ca952e33a 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def __getattr__(cls, name):
                 'numpy', 'scipy', 'scipy.sparse']
 sys.modules.update((mod_name, Mock()) for mod_name in MOCK_MODULES)
 
-version = '1.14.0'
+version = '1.15.0'
 project = u'sagemaker'
 
 # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be extensions
diff --git a/src/sagemaker/__init__.py b/src/sagemaker/__init__.py
index 785b3dd3b9..da2c848b54 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/__init__.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/__init__.py
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@
 from sagemaker.session import s3_input  # noqa: F401
 from sagemaker.session import get_execution_role  # noqa: F401
 
-__version__ = '1.14.2'
+__version__ = '1.15.0'
diff --git a/tests/data/local_mode_lock b/tests/data/local_mode_lock
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000