diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 5648405125..c74a2d56c8 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 71.0.3
+current_version = 71.0.4
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 6c72073293..9065b038b7 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+v71.0.4
+=======
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Removed lingering unused code around Distribution._patched_dist. (#4489)
+
+
 v71.0.3
 =======
 
diff --git a/newsfragments/4489.bugfix.rst b/newsfragments/4489.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f11d73393..0000000000
--- a/newsfragments/4489.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Removed lingering unused code around Distribution._patched_dist.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bcd2416334..020f57ee17 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ backend-path = ["."]
 
 [project]
 name = "setuptools"
-version = "71.0.3"
+version = "71.0.4"
 authors = [
 	{ name = "Python Packaging Authority", email = "distutils-sig@python.org" },
 ]