diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d240a78e..891fb2f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### 1.7.1 - UNRELEASED
+### 1.7.1 - 26/07/2023
 
 #### New Features
 * [Feature] - [#305](https://github.com/a-r-j/graphein/pull/305) Adds the `add_virtual_beta_carbon_vector` function inspired by [RFdiffusion](https://github.com/RosettaCommons/RFdiffusion/blob/main/rfdiffusion/coords6d.py#L37) and ProteinMPNN.
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ https://github.com/a-r-j/graphein/pull/334
 * Fixes initialisation of `Protein` objects. [#317](https://github.com/a-r-j/graphein/issues/317) [#318](https://github.com/a-r-j/graphein/pull/318)
 * Fixes incorrect `rad` and `embed` argument logic in `graphein.protein.tensor.angles.dihedrals/sidechain_torsion` [#321](https://github.com/a-r-j/graphein/pull/321)
 * Fixes incorrect start padding in pNeRF output [#321](https://github.com/a-r-j/graphein/pull/321)
+* Fixes `pyyaml` breaking installation [#328](https://github.com/a-r-j/graphein/pull/328)
 * Fixes setting ID for PyG data objects when loading from a path to a `.pdb` file [#332](https://github.com/a-r-j/graphein/pull/332)
 
 #### Other Changes
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index b34c5b6d..0a33f198 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 copyright = f"{datetime.datetime.now().year}, {author}"
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = "1.7.0"
+release = "1.7.1"
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/graphein/__init__.py b/graphein/__init__.py
index 2eec79ce..9a9b3e13 100644
--- a/graphein/__init__.py
+++ b/graphein/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from .testing import *
 
 __author__ = "Arian Jamasb <arian@jamasb.io>"
-__version__ = "1.7.0"
+__version__ = "1.7.1"
 
 
 logger.configure(
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e05f906c..c8f7c08e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 setup(
     name="graphein",
-    version="1.7.0",
+    version="1.7.1",
     description="Protein & Interactomic Graph Construction for Machine Learning",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",