diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f67074016..ecbdd2734 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 1.7.1
+
+### Fixes
+- Bump go-yaml version to cover fixed ddos heuristic (#362) [95e431e]
+
 ## 1.7.0
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/gomega_dsl.go b/gomega_dsl.go
index b145768cf..85505f2ec 100644
--- a/gomega_dsl.go
+++ b/gomega_dsl.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega/types"
 )
 
-const GOMEGA_VERSION = "1.7.0"
+const GOMEGA_VERSION = "1.7.1"
 
 const nilFailHandlerPanic = `You are trying to make an assertion, but Gomega's fail handler is nil.
 If you're using Ginkgo then you probably forgot to put your assertion in an It().