diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 522f5059..66ef3a74 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #     cmake --build build
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
-project(avrdude VERSION 7.0 LANGUAGES C)
+project(avrdude VERSION 7.1 LANGUAGES C)
 
 set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 11)
 set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD_REQUIRED True)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dbb9756f..8ff6b300 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Approximate change log for AVRDUDE by version.
 (For detailed changes, see the version control system logs.)
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-Changes since version 7.0:
+Changes in version 7.1:
 
   * Major changes compared to the previous version:
 
diff --git a/src/configure.ac b/src/configure.ac
index b06d568a..16e4aca8 100644
--- a/src/configure.ac
+++ b/src/configure.ac
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT(avrdude, 7.0-20220508, avrdude-dev@nongnu.org)
+AC_INIT(avrdude, 7.1, avrdude-dev@nongnu.org)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST