diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d0ee0915..1a32c049 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # WaterDrop changelog
 
-## 2.7.1 (Unreleased)
+## 2.7.1 (2024-05-09)
 - **[Feature]** Support context-base configuration with low-level topic settings alterations producer variants.
 - [Enhancement] Prefix random default `SecureRandom.hex(6)` producers ids with `waterdrop-hex` to indicate type of object.
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 2dd0495d..fc7897d2 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ PATH
   specs:
     waterdrop (2.7.1)
       karafka-core (>= 2.4.0, < 3.0.0)
-      karafka-rdkafka (>= 0.15.1.rc1)
+      karafka-rdkafka (>= 0.15.1)
       zeitwerk (~> 2.3)
 
 GEM
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ GEM
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     karafka-core (2.4.0)
       karafka-rdkafka (>= 0.15.0, < 0.16.0)
-    karafka-rdkafka (0.15.1.rc1)
+    karafka-rdkafka (0.15.1)
       ffi (~> 1.15)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.6)
       rake (> 12)
diff --git a/waterdrop.gemspec b/waterdrop.gemspec
index 4f9b4238..01069bf5 100644
--- a/waterdrop.gemspec
+++ b/waterdrop.gemspec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.license       = 'MIT'
 
   spec.add_dependency 'karafka-core', '>= 2.4.0', '< 3.0.0'
-  spec.add_dependency 'karafka-rdkafka', '>= 0.15.1.rc1'
+  spec.add_dependency 'karafka-rdkafka', '>= 0.15.1'
   spec.add_dependency 'zeitwerk', '~> 2.3'
 
   spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.0.0'