diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f3b7768b7..ba9a88668 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 1.7.1
+Tuesday, November 14, 2017
+====================================
+
+- Fix atexit object destruction regression.
+- Fix minor integer-overflow.
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 1.7.0
 Monday, November 13, 2017
 ====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8faf3410f..7c3aa0336 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [1.7.0],
+        [1.7.1],
         [https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/issues/new],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])