diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 909fef7083..6849ce40be 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ endif()
 #   RelWithDebInfo : Release build with Debug Info
 #   MinSizeRel     : Release Min Size build
 IF(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
-  SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Debug" CACHE STRING "Build Type" FORCE)
+  SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING "Build Type" FORCE)
 ENDIF(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 # Set a value type to properly display CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE on GUI if the
 # value type is "UNINITIALIZED".
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 61d1ca4734..7509c9ce5f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Jul 29, 2023: libarchive 3.7.1 released
+
 Jul 18, 2023: libarchive 3.7.0 released
 
 Jul 14, 2023: bsdunzip port from FreeBSD
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d4377f0543..1bb446ba4d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dnl First, define all of the version numbers up front.
 dnl In particular, this allows the version macro to be used in AC_INIT
 
 dnl These first two version numbers are updated automatically on each release.
-m4_define([LIBARCHIVE_VERSION_S],[3.7.1dev])
+m4_define([LIBARCHIVE_VERSION_S],[3.7.1])
 m4_define([LIBARCHIVE_VERSION_N],[3007001])
 
 dnl bsdtar and bsdcpio versioning tracks libarchive
diff --git a/libarchive/archive.h b/libarchive/archive.h
index 49fa463c1a..618b1a1760 100644
--- a/libarchive/archive.h
+++ b/libarchive/archive.h
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ __LA_DECL int		archive_version_number(void);
 /*
  * Textual name/version of the library, useful for version displays.
  */
-#define	ARCHIVE_VERSION_ONLY_STRING "3.7.1dev"
+#define	ARCHIVE_VERSION_ONLY_STRING "3.7.1"
 #define	ARCHIVE_VERSION_STRING "libarchive " ARCHIVE_VERSION_ONLY_STRING
 __LA_DECL const char *	archive_version_string(void);