diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 1c061de2..07662804 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ Changelog
 
 Unreleased
 ----------
+
+7.1
+----------
 - Address compatibility issue with pytest 8.1. `#666 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-bdd/pull/666>`_
 
 7.0.1
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3c163d1c..ebd7d8cd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pytest-bdd"
-version = "7.0.1"
+version = "7.1"
 description = "BDD for pytest"
 authors = ["Oleg Pidsadnyi <oleg.pidsadnyi@gmail.com>", "Anatoly Bubenkov <bubenkoff@gmail.com>"]
 maintainers = ["Alessio Bogon <778703+youtux@users.noreply.github.com>"]