diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 3c625f6..b5b2251 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 Changelog
 ---------
 
+1.7.1 (May 8, 2024)
+====================
+
+- Provide fallback value for ``FF_MAX_EFFECTS``, which fixes the build on EL 7 (#219).
+
+- Add ``#ifdef`` guards around ``UI_GET_SYSNAME`` to improve kernel compatibility (#218) .
+
+- Wait up to two seconds for uinput devices to appear. (#215)
+
+
 1.7.0 (Feb 18, 2024)
 ====================
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index d6948e0..e9168a9 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "1.7.0"
+release = "1.7.1"
 
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = release
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6d47c37..9d5bf0c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "evdev"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.7.1"
 description = "Bindings to the Linux input handling subsystem"
 keywords = ["evdev", "input", "uinput"]
 readme = "README.rst"
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ line-length = 120
 ignore = ["E265", "E241", "F403", "F401", "E401", "E731"]
 
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "1.7.0"
+current_version = "1.7.1"
 commit = true
 tag = true
 allow_dirty = true