diff --git a/HISTORY.rdoc b/HISTORY.rdoc
index f4a74cc..614a5c7 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rdoc
+++ b/HISTORY.rdoc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 = Changelog
-== Version 1.7.0 2011-05-14
+== Version 1.7.1 2011-05-15
 
 * fix mistaking the instance config.rb for the manager's config.rb [GH #11].
 * force an FFI dependency that for some reason does not resolve in rufus-tokyo [GH #8]
diff --git a/lib/tyrant_manager/version.rb b/lib/tyrant_manager/version.rb
index 7f8f9ff..9a942f5 100644
--- a/lib/tyrant_manager/version.rb
+++ b/lib/tyrant_manager/version.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class TyrantManager
   module Version
     MAJOR   = 1
     MINOR   = 7
-    BUILD   = 0
+    BUILD   = 1
 
     def to_a 
       [MAJOR, MINOR, BUILD]