diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7ac65aa..c1ef700 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.0-rc0 10700000
+1.7.1-rc0 10701000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index d6da40e..8aebd0d 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ### Updated by release.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=1
 project.versioning.minor=7
-project.versioning.patch=0
+project.versioning.patch=1
 project.versioning.build=0
 #############################