diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9a5914525..5ed287822 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 7.1.0
+Friday, March 3, 2023
+====================================
+- New experimental hb_shape_justify() API that uses font variations to expand
+ or shrink the text to a given advance. (Behdad Esfahbod)
+- Various build and bug fixes. (Behdad Esfahbod, Garret Rieger, Qunxin Liu)
+
+- New API:
++hb_font_set_variation()
+
Overview of changes leading to 7.0.1
Monday, February 20, 2023
====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 099259a27..c863ab83b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
AC_PREREQ([2.64])
AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
- [7.0.1],
+ [7.1.0],
[https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/new],
[harfbuzz],
[http://harfbuzz.org/])
diff --git a/docs/harfbuzz-docs.xml b/docs/harfbuzz-docs.xml
index 58a20469c..e67ea8c39 100644
--- a/docs/harfbuzz-docs.xml
+++ b/docs/harfbuzz-docs.xml
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
API Index
Index of deprecated API
+ Index of new symbols in 7.1.0
Index of new symbols in 7.0.0
Index of new symbols in 6.0.0
Index of new symbols in 5.3.0
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1515257c9..6bf8d05da 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
project('harfbuzz', 'c', 'cpp',
meson_version: '>= 0.55.0',
- version: '7.0.1',
+ version: '7.1.0',
default_options: [
'cpp_eh=none', # Just to support msvc, we are passing -fno-exceptions also anyway
'cpp_rtti=false', # Just to support msvc, we are passing -fno-rtti also anyway
diff --git a/src/hb-font.cc b/src/hb-font.cc
index fa4393104..1b345a944 100644
--- a/src/hb-font.cc
+++ b/src/hb-font.cc
@@ -2661,7 +2661,7 @@ hb_font_set_variations (hb_font_t *font,
* If you want to set multiple variation axes at the same time,
* use hb_font_set_variations() instead.
*
- * XSince: REPLACEME
+ * Since: 7.1.0
*/
void
hb_font_set_variation (hb_font_t *font,
diff --git a/src/hb-version.h b/src/hb-version.h
index e7efeb395..9b75b860d 100644
--- a/src/hb-version.h
+++ b/src/hb-version.h
@@ -47,20 +47,20 @@ HB_BEGIN_DECLS
*
* The minor component of the library version available at compile-time.
*/
-#define HB_VERSION_MINOR 0
+#define HB_VERSION_MINOR 1
/**
* HB_VERSION_MICRO:
*
* The micro component of the library version available at compile-time.
*/
-#define HB_VERSION_MICRO 1
+#define HB_VERSION_MICRO 0
/**
* HB_VERSION_STRING:
*
* A string literal containing the library version available at compile-time.
*/
-#define HB_VERSION_STRING "7.0.1"
+#define HB_VERSION_STRING "7.1.0"
/**
* HB_VERSION_ATLEAST: