diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ece0a8a945ab3051d877a95be5312ab6b1d5b2eb..8a9ffc2f47aced83b47110f5d435e34b128f788a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.1)
 project (opendht)
 set (opendht_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
-set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 7.0)
+set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 7.1)
 set (opendht_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION_MAJOR}.${opendht_VERSION_MINOR})
 set (PACKAGE_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION})
 set (VERSION "${opendht_VERSION}")
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3bfa584eeb2fdcb42856e8dc19345918c53af41c..b849283c8d697a18ee215caff0f938f01cf42dde 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl define macros
 m4_define([opendht_major_version], 1)
 m4_define([opendht_minor_version], 7)
-m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 0)
+m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 1)
 m4_define([opendht_version],
 		  [opendht_major_version.opendht_minor_version.opendht_patch_version])