diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 423f08b6..e35bbb75 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 History
 -------
 
-3.7.1 (unreleased)
+3.7.1 (2017-12-14)
 ------------------
 
-- Nothing changed yet.
+- Encode unicode baggage keys/values to UTF-8 (#109)
 
 
 3.7.0 (2017-12-12)
diff --git a/jaeger_client/__init__.py b/jaeger_client/__init__.py
index f1724c7a..3fe34322 100644
--- a/jaeger_client/__init__.py
+++ b/jaeger_client/__init__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import jaeger_client.thrift_gen as modpath
 sys.path.append(modpath.__path__[0])
 
-__version__ = '3.7.1.dev0'
+__version__ = '3.7.1'
 
 from .tracer import Tracer  # noqa
 from .config import Config  # noqa