diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d703487..1e663f0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Current (unreleased)
+# v1.7.4 (2024-05-24)
 
 - Technical: updated all backend dependencies
 - Technical: updated the frontend dependencies
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 55b3721..15b5e7c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ This tool can also be used to manually activate maintenance mode during complex
 
 - Make sure all tests pass and mypy doesn't report any error
 - Update CHANGELOG.md
-- Update version number in `pyproject.toml`, `package.json` and docker-compose.yml (! 3 services: gbif-alert, rqworker and nginx)
+- Update version number in `pyproject.toml`, `package.json` and `docker-compose.yml` (! 3 services: gbif-alert, rqworker and nginx)
 - ! The version number currently also appears in INSTALL.md
 - Commit, merge to main, push to GitHub
 - Create a new tag (e.g. `v1.1.0`) and push it:
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index cfa514c..45757fa 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ properly configured.
 ### Prerequisites
 
 - Make sure [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) is installed on your system
-- Identify the latest release of GBIF Alert on GitHub at https://github.com/riparias/gbif-alert/tags (currently [v1.7.3](https://github.com/riparias/gbif-alert/releases/tag/v1.7.3))
+- Identify the latest release of GBIF Alert on GitHub at https://github.com/riparias/gbif-alert/tags (currently [v1.7.4](https://github.com/riparias/gbif-alert/releases/tag/v1.7.4))
 
 ### Installation steps
 
 - Create a new directory on your system, e.g. `invasive-fishes-nz` following the example above.
-- Go to the `docker-compose.yml` file from the latest release of GBIF Alert on GitHub: at the moment https://github.com/riparias/gbif-alert/blob/v1.7.3/docker-compose.yml (note that the URL contains the version number).
+- Go to the `docker-compose.yml` file from the latest release of GBIF Alert on GitHub: at the moment https://github.com/riparias/gbif-alert/blob/v1.7.4/docker-compose.yml (note that the URL contains the version number).
 - Save the file in the directory you have just created.
-- Go to the `local_settings_docker.template.py` file from the latest release of GBIF Alert on GitHub: at the moment https://github.com/riparias/gbif-alert/blob/v1.7.3/djangoproject/local_settings_docker.template.py.
+- Go to the `local_settings_docker.template.py` file from the latest release of GBIF Alert on GitHub: at the moment https://github.com/riparias/gbif-alert/blob/v1.7.4/djangoproject/local_settings_docker.template.py.
 - Save the file in the directory you have just created. 
 - Rename this file to `local_settings_docker.py`.
 - Open a terminal, navigate to the `invasive-fishes-nz` directory and run the following command: `docker-compose up`. 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 29fda83..17e6bf0 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: '3'
 
 services:
   nginx:
-    image: niconoe/gbif-alert-nginx:1.7.3
+    image: niconoe/gbif-alert-nginx:1.7.4
     ports:
       - "1337:80"
     depends_on:
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ services:
     expose:
       - 6379
   gbif-alert:
-    image : niconoe/gbif-alert:1.7.3
+    image : niconoe/gbif-alert:1.7.4
     expose:
       - 8000
     depends_on:
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ services:
         target: /app/djangoproject/local_settings_docker.py
         read_only: true
   rqworker:
-    image: niconoe/gbif-alert:1.7.3
+    image: niconoe/gbif-alert:1.7.4
     entrypoint: poetry run python manage.py rqworker default
     depends_on:
       db:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 410e530..4cc2ea0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gbif-alert",
-  "version": "1.7.3",
+  "version": "1.7.4",
   "description": "[![Django CI](https://github.com/riparias/early-alert-webapp/actions/workflows/django_tests.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/riparias/early-warning-webapp/actions/workflows/django_tests.yml)",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 853b88e..1aaaf4a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "gbif-alert"
-version = "1.7.3"
+version = "1.7.4"
 description = "A GBIF-based early alert system"
 authors = ["Nicolas Noé <nicolas@niconoe.eu>"]