diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index bff8b1740e879a..1e4d35466ed29b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 VERSION_MAJOR = 2
 VERSION_MINOR = 7
-PATCHLEVEL = 0
+PATCHLEVEL = 1
 VERSION_TWEAK = 0
 EXTRAVERSION =