diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index f04971d..02fd6ef 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.7.0
+current_version = 1.7.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 196e115..ad2e9e7 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ Overview
     :alt: Supported implementations
     :target: https://pypi.org/project/lazy-object-proxy
 
-.. |commits-since| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/ionelmc/python-lazy-object-proxy/v1.7.0.svg
+.. |commits-since| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/ionelmc/python-lazy-object-proxy/v1.7.1.svg
     :alt: Commits since latest release
-    :target: https://github.com/ionelmc/python-lazy-object-proxy/compare/v1.7.0...master
+    :target: https://github.com/ionelmc/python-lazy-object-proxy/compare/v1.7.1...master
 
 
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 94e09ff..b38809b 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     version = release = get_distribution('lazy_object_proxy').version
 except Exception:
     traceback.print_exc()
-    version = release = '1.7.0'
+    version = release = '1.7.1'
 
 pygments_style = 'trac'
 templates_path = ['.']
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 41547f2..14eb6c9 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def has_ext_modules(self):
     use_scm_version={
         'local_scheme': 'dirty-tag',
         'write_to': 'src/lazy_object_proxy/_version.py',
-        'fallback_version': '1.7.0',
+        'fallback_version': '1.7.1',
     },
     license='BSD-2-Clause',
     description='A fast and thorough lazy object proxy.',
diff --git a/src/lazy_object_proxy/__init__.py b/src/lazy_object_proxy/__init__.py
index 2de91cf..0c1ef47 100644
--- a/src/lazy_object_proxy/__init__.py
+++ b/src/lazy_object_proxy/__init__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
 try:
     from ._version import version as __version__
 except ImportError:
-    __version__ = '1.7.0'
+    __version__ = '1.7.1'
 
 __all__ = "Proxy",