diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 36d286eb..14de7be2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## 2.7.1 - 2020-08-28
+- Fix ClassCastException caused by change in 2.7.0
+[PR 202](https://github.com/aws/aws-xray-sdk-java/pull/202)
+- Add rule_name attribute to segments made with beginSegmentWithSampling
+[PR 204](https://github.com/aws/aws-xray-sdk-java/pull/204)
+
 ## 2.7.0 - 2020-08-25
 - Add beginSegmentWithSampling API
 [PR 196](https://github.com/aws/aws-xray-sdk-java/pull/196)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1cf780fb..628fcddd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,67 +14,67 @@ Add the AWS X-Ray SDK dependencies to your pom.xml:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-core</artifactId>
-  <version>2.7.0</version>
+  <version>2.7.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-apache-http</artifactId>
-  <version>2.7.0</version>
+  <version>2.7.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-aws-sdk</artifactId>
-  <version>2.7.0</version>
+  <version>2.7.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-aws-sdk-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.7.0</version>
+  <version>2.7.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-aws-sdk-instrumentor</artifactId>
-  <version>2.7.0</version>
+  <version>2.7.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-aws-sdk-v2-instrumentor</artifactId>
-  <version>2.7.0</version>
+  <version>2.7.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-sql</artifactId>
-  <version>2.7.0</version>
+  <version>2.7.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-sql-mysql</artifactId>
-  <version>2.7.0</version>
+  <version>2.7.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-sql-postgresql</artifactId>
-  <version>2.7.0</version>
+  <version>2.7.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-spring</artifactId>
-  <version>2.7.0</version>
+  <version>2.7.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-log4j</artifactId>
-  <version>2.7.0</version>
+  <version>2.7.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-slf4j</artifactId>
-  <version>2.7.0</version>
+  <version>2.7.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-xray-recorder-sdk-metrics</artifactId>
-  <version>2.7.0</version>
+  <version>2.7.1</version>
 </dependency>
 ```