diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 79cb455..0af33b4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+1.7.1:
+  - fix "store not set" issue
 1.7.0:
   - "validator depositdata" now defaults to mainnet, does not silently fetch fork version from chain
   - update deposit data output to version 3, to allow for better deposit checking
diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index a40ee39..e319eeb 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 // ReleaseVersion is the release version of the codebase.
 // Usually overrideen by tag names when building binaries.
-var ReleaseVersion = "local build from v1.7.0"
+var ReleaseVersion = "local build from v1.7.1"
 
 // versionCmd represents the version command
 var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{