diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 41e84b1..ce4cb56 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ $(TOPDIR)/tmp/${package}-$(VERSION).tar.bz2:  clean
 	@echo '# Scrape-n-paste'
 	@echo 'vim VERSION'
 	@echo 'ver=$$(cat VERSION)'
+	@echo 'echo $$ver'
 	@echo 
 	@echo '# deb pkg bits first'
 	@echo 'git log `git describe --tags --abbrev=0`..HEAD --oneline > /tmp/${package}.gitlog'
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1a5ac0d..39e898a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.6.9
+0.7.1
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0252fbe..b36152b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+simple-state-manager (0.7.1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * 0fb20f4 - fix annoying 0 509 dirs in local dir bug.
+
+ -- Brian Finley <bfinley@tbob>  Sat, 02 Jul 2016 14:18:29 -0500
+
 simple-state-manager (0.6.9) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * 95e262d - Always invoke load_pkg_manager_functions(), even if
diff --git a/rpm/simple-state-manager.spec b/rpm/simple-state-manager.spec
index 1e355c2..0f4a099 100644
--- a/rpm/simple-state-manager.spec
+++ b/rpm/simple-state-manager.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:         simple-state-manager
 Summary:      Manage the state of specific files and packages on a system.
-Version:      0.6.9
+Version:      0.7.1
 Release:      1
 BuildArch:    noarch
 Group:        System Environment/Applications