diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2947ec4..56f8af2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-07-11  Omar Polo  <op@omarpolo.com>
+
+	* configure (VERSION): 1.7.1 tagged
+
 2021-07-11  Anna “CyberTailor”
 
 	* gmid.1 (common): fix misleading example in man page: macros names may not be reserved words
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d765993..f8467fc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ echo "file config.log: writing..."
 # default settings: initialize all vars here such that nothing is
 # leaked from the environment except for CC, CFLAGS and LDFLAGS
 
-VERSION=1.7
+VERSION=1.7.1
 
 CC=`printf "all:\\n\\t@echo \\\$(CC)\\n" | make ${MAKE_FLAGS} -sf -`
 
diff --git a/gmid.1 b/gmid.1
index a1bfc4b..9ab254b 100644
--- a/gmid.1
+++ b/gmid.1
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ The port the server is listening on.
 .Dq GEMINI
 .It Ev SERVER_SOFTWARE
 The name and version of the server, i.e.
-.Dq gmid/1.7
+.Dq gmid/1.7.1
 .It Ev AUTH_TYPE
 The string "Certificate" if the client used a certificate, otherwise
 unset.