diff --git a/rclpy/package.xml b/rclpy/package.xml
index 72913e651..b913358f4 100644
--- a/rclpy/package.xml
+++ b/rclpy/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format2.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="2">
   <name>rclpy</name>
-  <version>7.1.0</version>
+  <version>7.1.1</version>
   <description>Package containing the Python client.</description>
 
   <maintainer email="sloretz@openrobotics.org">Shane Loretz</maintainer>