diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: roxygen2
 Title: In-Line Documentation for R
-Version: 7.1.0.9000
+Version: 7.1.1
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Hadley",
              family = "Wickham",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# roxygen2 (development version)
+# roxygen2 7.1.1
 
 * When processing cross package markdown links (e.g. `[pkg::fun()]`),
   roxygen2 now looks up the file it needs to link to, instead of linking to