diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e7bce7f4e0be86cb7fc8296a9647d0a9309be0c1..bbc83d6d259823efc67620a7ba5b632cd833ec9a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2016-??-??  Uwe Schulzweida
+2016-02-19  Uwe Schulzweida
 
 	* Version 1.7.1 released
         * using CGRIBEX library version 1.7.4
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9faed43ef3326938332592a02fc9a4b02f658ba8..ff3c62a2ddda90f569e0b06c318034daabc43d34 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68 for cdi 1.7.1rc1.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68 for cdi 1.7.1.
 #
 # Report bugs to <http://mpimet.mpg.de/cdi>.
 #
@@ -570,8 +570,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='cdi'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='cdi'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='1.7.1rc1'
-PACKAGE_STRING='cdi 1.7.1rc1'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='1.7.1'
+PACKAGE_STRING='cdi 1.7.1'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='http://mpimet.mpg.de/cdi'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures cdi 1.7.1rc1 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures cdi 1.7.1 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of cdi 1.7.1rc1:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of cdi 1.7.1:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1752,7 +1752,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-cdi configure 1.7.1rc1
+cdi configure 1.7.1
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68
 
 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -2597,7 +2597,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by cdi $as_me 1.7.1rc1, which was
+It was created by cdi $as_me 1.7.1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -3549,7 +3549,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='cdi'
- VERSION='1.7.1rc1'
+ VERSION='1.7.1'
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
@@ -23418,7 +23418,7 @@ Usage: $0 [OPTIONS]
 Report bugs to <bug-libtool@gnu.org>."
 
 lt_cl_version="\
-cdi config.lt 1.7.1rc1
+cdi config.lt 1.7.1
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68.
 
 Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -31461,7 +31461,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by cdi $as_me 1.7.1rc1, which was
+This file was extended by cdi $as_me 1.7.1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -31527,7 +31527,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-cdi config.status 1.7.1rc1
+cdi config.status 1.7.1
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9d6ea5a9187edaea042bc50936fee88c25f5faca..c6ed99bf5283a141d2085b774e691b2b8390dc11 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #  autoconf 2.68
 #  libtool  2.4.2
 
-AC_INIT([cdi], [1.7.1rc1], [http://mpimet.mpg.de/cdi])
+AC_INIT([cdi], [1.7.1], [http://mpimet.mpg.de/cdi])
 
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(CDI, ["$PACKAGE_VERSION"], [CDI version])
 
diff --git a/src/cdi.inc b/src/cdi.inc
index ed7170e6d4ae17c681d48005312bccce0209d6fa..eb83f8cfc1ddb70783b18334c114ed9eaef8e333 100644
--- a/src/cdi.inc
+++ b/src/cdi.inc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ! This file was automatically generated, don't edit!
 !
-! Fortran interface for CDI library version 1.7.0
+! Fortran interface for CDI library version 1.7.1
 !
 ! Author:
 ! -------
diff --git a/src/make_fint.c b/src/make_fint.c
index c42b523a21e328f65b22ee12be1014fc2195b5f6..70d02a2d725ed00ec324213a675a2d5a50f71986 100644
--- a/src/make_fint.c
+++ b/src/make_fint.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #endif
 
 //#include "config.h"
-#define VERSION "1.7.0"
+#define VERSION "1.7.1"
 typedef struct
 {
   size_t naline;