diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cfe9174..97f48c9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /openvswitch-1.4.0.tar.gz
 /openvswitch-1.7.0.tar.gz
+/openvswitch-1.7.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/openvswitch.spec b/openvswitch.spec
index 3842520..601db5f 100644
--- a/openvswitch.spec
+++ b/openvswitch.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           openvswitch
-Version:        1.7.0
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Version:        1.7.1
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Open vSwitch daemon/database/utilities
 
 # Nearly all of openvswitch is ASL 2.0.  The bugtool is LGPLv2+, and the
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ desktop-file-install --dir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications %{SOURCE6}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Sep 10 2012 Thomas Graf <tgraf@redhat.com> - 1.7.1.-1
+- Update to 1.7.1
+
 * Fri Sep  7 2012 Thomas Graf <tgraf@redhat.com> - 1.7.0.-3
 - add controller package containing ovs-controller
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index a2a47fc..d37b383 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-68fab83678e5a69073aabef9f502bd82  openvswitch-1.7.0.tar.gz
+70a7076f84cdb4c0ee86c380e7f7aa78  openvswitch-1.7.1.tar.gz