diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 0d780fe58450eb36511bed959277cfa1274ba146..66e2c6bc4e564eba564418cb13b55cc954f8650c 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ History
 .. to_doc
 
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-0.7.1.dev0
+0.7.1 (2016-08-29)
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 * Do a release to circumvent a tool version logic error in Galaxy (
diff --git a/pulsar/__init__.py b/pulsar/__init__.py
index 167cf554ef248b2f6dffa28ca2fa9939d2d90cab..397387644859549137ce53f1f1dfa41e919303db 100644
--- a/pulsar/__init__.py
+++ b/pulsar/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-__version__ = '0.7.1.dev0'
+__version__ = '0.7.1'
 
 PROJECT_NAME = "pulsar"
 PROJECT_OWNER = PROJECT_USERAME = "galaxyproject"