diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2060adfcc2b2a92a9e8e2d7211c29755a8b5f423..1ffdf6c8dce57ccfe2ab7f547b237848c8b0aed2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ tox -e debug tests.requests.test_prometheus
 ```
 
 ## Releasenotes
+- 0.15.9 - Fix: read correct attribute for the frequency bands
 - 0.15.8 - SST/XST: Account for a signal index offset (HBA1) when collecting statistics
 - 0.15.7 - Fix: Recording LBA statistics does not request HBA-only metadata
          - Fix: Syntax error when querying SDP metadata
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1e1a04ab70bd7071a50a26bd0637ec1539c76084..bc300b99722cbdb08d42c265ccb3d0b118adf9c7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.15.8
+0.15.9
diff --git a/lofar_station_client/statistics/writer/hdf5.py b/lofar_station_client/statistics/writer/hdf5.py
index 15d06a55fff4b5263e8262d3a29e5a07bcbf85af..2fe29d2d149bf856ead7b7e14971587771e06f89 100644
--- a/lofar_station_client/statistics/writer/hdf5.py
+++ b/lofar_station_client/statistics/writer/hdf5.py
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ class HDF5Writer(ABC):
                 if self.antennafield_device.Antenna_Type_R != "LBA":
                     matrix.hbat_pwr_on = self.antennafield_device.HBAT_PWR_on_R
 
-                matrix.frequency_band = self.antennafield_device.Frequency_Band_R
+                matrix.frequency_band = self.antennafield_device.Frequency_Band_RW
             except (DevFailed, AttributeError):
                 logger.exception(
                     "Failed to read from %s", self.antennafield_device.name()
diff --git a/tests/test_devices.py b/tests/test_devices.py
index 6a5d2124bf2b5d8e12085441bb59c9dd4f599141..ef422440f9cdf6dfd194e2cea200b010105276f1 100644
--- a/tests/test_devices.py
+++ b/tests/test_devices.py
@@ -298,7 +298,6 @@ class FakeAntennaFieldDeviceProxy:
     RCU_PCB_ID_R = [[1, 1]] * 48
     RCU_PCB_version_R = [["version", "version"]] * 48
     HBAT_PWR_on_R = []
-    Frequency_Band_R = []
 
     def __init__(self, name):
         self._name = name