diff --git a/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-7.1rc4-7.1 b/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-7.1rc4-7.1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c2eb5b46e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-7.1rc4-7.1
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+2001-04-12 05:49  darcy
+
+	* src/interfaces/python/pgdb.py: I just noticed the beta comment. 
+	That's not actually true any more so I removed it.
+
+
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d41bd17305..49a3eafe7c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ ac_config_sub=$ac_aux_dir/config.sub
 ac_configure=$ac_aux_dir/configure # This should be Cygnus configure.
 
 
-VERSION='7.1rc4'
+VERSION='7.1'
 
 cat >> confdefs.h <<EOF
 #define PG_VERSION "$VERSION"
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 59dbbc9a49..1919f79336 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADER(src/include/config.h)
 AC_PREREQ(2.13)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
 
-VERSION='7.1rc4'
+VERSION='7.1'
 AC_SUBST(VERSION)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PG_VERSION, "$VERSION")