diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 74cb010a9..f099617c4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 
+## 1.7.1
+
+**Release date:** 2025-10-06
+
+This patch release comes with a fix for TLS certs handling in the
+HelmChart reconciler when auth credentials are not specified.
+
+Fixes:
+- Fix HelmChart reconciler appending login options when they do not exist
+  [#1904](https://github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/pull/1904)
+
+Improvements:
+- ci: Fix release workflow
+  [#1897](https://github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/pull/1897)
+- Point to OCIRepository in HelmRepository docs
+  [#1893](https://github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/pull/1893)
+
 ## 1.7.0
 
 **Release date:** 2025-09-15
diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index 0118ce85b..d0ef8365f 100644
--- a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ resources:
 images:
 - name: fluxcd/source-controller
   newName: fluxcd/source-controller
-  newTag: v1.7.0
+  newTag: v1.7.1
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 21c15753e..3e22c7fe7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/tar v0.14.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/testserver v0.13.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/version v0.10.0
-	github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api v1.7.0
+	github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api v1.7.1
 	github.com/foxcpp/go-mockdns v1.1.0
 	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.6.2
 	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.16.2