diff --git a/aiozmq/__init__.py b/aiozmq/__init__.py
index 4ebd079..fd759e8 100644
--- a/aiozmq/__init__.py
+++ b/aiozmq/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
            'create_zmq_connection',
            'version_info', 'version')
 
-__version__ = '0.7.0'
+__version__ = '0.7.1'
 
 version = __version__ + ' , Python ' + sys.version