diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -1751,6 +1751,10 @@ at org.apache.hadoop.io.nativeio.NativeIO$POSIX.getStat(NativeIO.java:608)
 A: Update hadoop dll to version 3.2.2 or newer.
 
 ## Changelog
+- #### 2.7.1 released 23 April 2024.
+   - [#680](https://github.com/AbsaOSS/cobrix/issues/680) Shaded ANTLR runtime in 'cobol-parser' to avoid conflicts with various versions of Spark that uses ANTLR as well.
+   - [#678](https://github.com/AbsaOSS/cobrix/issues/678) Added an experimental method `SparkUtils.covertIntegralToDecimal()` for applying extended metadata to a DataFrame.
+
 - #### 2.7.0 released 23 April 2024.
    - [#666](https://github.com/AbsaOSS/cobrix/issues/666) Added support for record length value mapping.
      ```scala
diff --git a/version.sbt b/version.sbt
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@@ -1 +1 @@
-ThisBuild / version := "2.7.1-SNAPSHOT"
+ThisBuild / version := "2.7.2-SNAPSHOT"