diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 7598cca3891bd6be2ce36dcc345baf11c082067d..9e371fef4a64e95487179e381a1a2d984d36226d 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   <property name="skip_phpdoc" value="false" />
   <property name="phpdoc_version" value="3.0.0-alpha.4" />
 
-  <property name="version" value="7.0.2" />
+  <property name="version" value="7.1" />
 
   <!-- We only need the -p switch if the password is non-blank -->
   <if><not><equals arg1="${mysqlrootpass}" arg2="" /></not><then>
diff --git a/config/vufind/config.ini b/config/vufind/config.ini
index 57e421ad64bb4c1f990d96bd760a42c0796c338d..c8e0aeeb874ae759b7f7f7f393f2af7a28c5c4b8 100644
--- a/config/vufind/config.ini
+++ b/config/vufind/config.ini
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ allowSavedSearches = true
 ; features (such as display of hierarchies).
 nonJavascriptSupportEnabled = false
 ; Generator value to display in an HTML header <meta> tag:
-generator = "VuFind 7.0.2"
+generator = "VuFind 7.1"
 
 ; This section allows you to configure the mechanism used for storing user
 ; sessions.  Available types: File, Memcache, Database, Redis.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f9664928929909d1cde85e390d87098ed07f51b4..32e484d7fd6501f757f2270da0de6cb281c7712c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "vufind",
-  "version": "7.0.2",
+  "version": "7.1.0",
   "description": "Dev tools to handle css preprocessing, js magic, and compression",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/DEBIAN/changelog b/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
index 0108c80dc87db2363322461b03069de9615c5a6c..b2a1b55c417d795b13823f91f452f41fda236aaa 100644
--- a/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
+++ b/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+vufind 7.1 distribution; urgency=low
+
+  * VuFind 7.1 release (see http://vufind.org/wiki/changelog for details)
+
+ -- maintainer VuFind Project Administration Team <vufind-admins@lists.sourceforge.net>  Mo 22 Feb 2021 10:00:00 UTC
+
 vufind 7.0.2 distribution; urgency=low
 
   * VuFind 7.0.2 release (see http://vufind.org/wiki/changelog for details)
diff --git a/packages/DEBIAN/control b/packages/DEBIAN/control
index fbd58f4752a9515dfb0307c1b12185d90b20594b..dc2e2593e4f12e131895220f4815a01ab3b2e474 100644
--- a/packages/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/packages/DEBIAN/control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: vufind
-Version: 7.0.2
+Version: 7.1
 Section: World Wide Web
 Priority: Optional
 Architecture: all