Version 2.7.1

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diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
index 9c854ec..42b0140 100644
--- a/tools/VERSION
+++ b/tools/VERSION
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 CHANNEL stable
 MAJOR 2
 MINOR 7
-PATCH 0
+PATCH 1
 PRERELEASE 0
 PRERELEASE_PATCH 0
 ABI_VERSION 24