diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
index 5a210aca2..f45295d6e 100644
--- a/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VTKm License Version 1.7
 ========================================================================
 
-Copyright (c) 2014-2021
+Copyright (c) 2014-2022
 Kitware Inc.,
 National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (NTESS),
 UT-Battelle, LLC.,
diff --git a/docs/changelog/1.7.1/release-notes.md b/docs/changelog/1.7.1/release-notes.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44c057545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/1.7.1/release-notes.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+VTK-m 1.7.1 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+| Merge request description                                           | Merge request id |
+| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- |
+| Update the link to register with the VTK-m dashboard                | !2629            |
+| Add instructions on how to commit Git-LFS files                     | !2651            |
+| Missing changes for cell centered velocity fields                   | !2663            |
+| CI: set GBench to latest tag                                        | !2671            |
+| HIP: remove bogus kokkoscore INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS property | !2679            |
+| Fix out of bounds cell location searchs in VolumeRendererStructured | !2685            |
+| CMAKE: CUDA ampere generate sm_80/86                                | !2688            |
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index bd8bf882d..943f9cbc4 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.0
+1.7.1