diff --git a/requests/__init__.py b/requests/__init__.py
index fdaaf068..bf699c5a 100644
--- a/requests/__init__.py
+++ b/requests/__init__.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ requests
 """
 
 __title__ = 'requests'
-__version__ = '0.7.0'
-__build__ = 0x000700
+__version__ = '0.7.1'
+__build__ = 0x000701
 __author__ = 'Kenneth Reitz'
 __license__ = 'ISC'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2011 Kenneth Reitz'