This release features a few fixes from 1.5.0, including patching a few MongoDB connection leaks, avoiding a warning when using MongoUpdateStorage with Pig, and allowing a limit to be set on MongoInputSplits.

For complete details on the issues resolved in 1.5.1, consult the release notes on Jira: https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/HADOOP/fixforversion/16544

To obtain the jars for this release, you can use a dependency management system like Maven:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.mongodb.mongo-hadoop</groupId>
    <artifactId>mongo-hadoop-core</artifactId>
    <version>1.5.1</version>
</dependency>

or Gradle:

compile 'org.mongodb.mongo-hadoop:mongo-hadoop-core:1.5.1'

You can also download the jars manually from the Maven Central Repository.