diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 34277c13..ff00177c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+NEW IN WAF 1.7.1
+----------------
+* Updated the exclusion regexps for "waf dist"
+* Added an example in playground/nasm
+
 NEW IN WAF 1.7.0
 ----------------
 * The compat15 tool is disabled by default (the README file explains how to enable it)
diff --git a/waf-light b/waf-light
index c6d39bb2..6e59ad27 100755
--- a/waf-light
+++ b/waf-light
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 import os, sys
 
-VERSION="1.7.0"
+VERSION="1.7.1"
 REVISION="x"
 INSTALL="x"
 C1='x'
diff --git a/waflib/Context.py b/waflib/Context.py
index f3219472..cffa3225 100644
--- a/waflib/Context.py
+++ b/waflib/Context.py
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ from waflib import Utils, Errors, Logs
 import waflib.Node
 
 # the following 3 constants are updated on each new release (do not touch)
-HEXVERSION=0x1070000
+HEXVERSION=0x1070100
 """Constant updated on new releases"""
 
-WAFVERSION="1.7.0"
+WAFVERSION="1.7.1"
 """Constant updated on new releases"""
 
 WAFREVISION="a7e69d6b81b04729804754c4d5214da063779a65"
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 435e9120..890c2d24 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ To add a tool that does not exist in the folder compat15, pass an absolute path:
 """
 
 
-VERSION="1.7.0"
+VERSION="1.7.1"
 APPNAME='waf'
 REVISION=''
 
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ def create_waf(*k, **kw):
 
 	if sys.platform != 'win32':
 		os.chmod('waf', Utils.O755)
-	os.unlink('%s.tar.%s' % (mw, zipType))
+	#os.unlink('%s.tar.%s' % (mw, zipType))
 
 def make_copy(inf, outf):
 	(a, b, cnt) = sfilter(inf)