diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 4c0f4d52..bec47b28 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 author = 'Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>'
 master_doc = 'index'
 
-release = '1.7'
+release = '1.7.1'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------