diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 96c3b668d..611261928 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,27 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
-(changes-0_8_0)=
+(changes-0_7_1)=
 
-## 🚀 0.8.0 (Unreleased)
+## 🚀 0.7.1 (2023-07-28)
 
 ### ✨ Features
 
 - ✨ Python 3.11 support (#1161)
 
-### 👌 Minor Improvements:
-
 ### 🩹 Bug fixes
 
 - 🩹 Fix coherent artifact clp label duplication (#1292)
 
-### 📚 Documentation
-
-### 🗑️ Deprecations (due in 0.9.0)
-
-### 🗑️❌ Deprecated functionality removed in this release
-
-### 🚧 Maintenance
-
 (changes-0_7_0)=
 
 ## 🚀 0.7.0 (Unreleased)
diff --git a/glotaran/__init__.py b/glotaran/__init__.py
index 65b462f19..6fa2d04c0 100644
--- a/glotaran/__init__.py
+++ b/glotaran/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 load_plugins()
 
-__version__ = "0.8.0.dev0"
+__version__ = "0.7.1"
 
 examples = deprecate_submodule(
     deprecated_module_name="glotaran.examples",