diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 21616dd..15e0477 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.7.1] - 2026-09-13
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - The sanitized OpenAI client was never used (T-6): the provider
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a14e181..2c50b67 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "tatlock"
-version = "2.7.0"
+version = "2.7.1"
 description = "OpenAI-compatible API with Ollama backend"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 dependencies = [