diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6a7e3ee..ac2e516 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 /AppStream-0.14.4.tar.xz
 /AppStream-0.14.5.tar.xz
 /AppStream-0.14.6.tar.xz
+/AppStream-0.15.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/appstream.spec b/appstream.spec
index 3cbaf71..b76072a 100644
--- a/appstream.spec
+++ b/appstream.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Summary: Utilities to generate, maintain and access the AppStream database
 Name:    appstream
-Version: 0.14.6
+Version: 0.15.1
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 
 # lib LGPLv2+, tools GPLv2+
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ mv %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/metainfo/*.xml \
 %{_bindir}/appstreamcli refresh --force >& /dev/null ||:
 
 %transfiletriggerpostun -- %{_datadir}/app-info/xmls
-%{_bindir}/appstreamcli refresh >& /dev/null ||:
+%{_bindir}/appstreamcli refresh --force >& /dev/null ||:
 %else
 %triggerun -- appstream-data
-%{_bindir}/appstreamcli refresh >& /dev/null ||:
+%{_bindir}/appstreamcli refresh --force >& /dev/null ||:
 %endif
 
 %files -f appstream.lang
@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ mv %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/metainfo/*.xml \
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 29 2021 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 0.15.1-1
+- 0.15.1 (#2028696)
+- update triggers to consistently use --force flag on 'appstreamcli refresh' calls
+
 * Tue Oct 12 2021 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 0.14.6-1
 - 0.14.6
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index d7184ef..78d8059 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (AppStream-0.14.6.tar.xz) = 810aa7427df50793f4bed27cc3cb5b72c156f0c582f241e06131aa8eabe82d59c8ac0bcc37a22877f7a19ac4640a9a831f8b567ce3e2d26a41ce999515affdb0
+SHA512 (AppStream-0.15.1.tar.xz) = 31e5cf47b3b10401dc70d3c624a0066ab044e50f9afeee82c01d6b863abcd2e09d4ec3641286bafa8cb0b167d831735a95d6220a70a4ac980f6cc3dc58c29c22