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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ the changes introduced by each of them.
 For a more fine-grained view, use the `git log`_.
 
 
-v7.1.0 (unreleased)
+v7.1.0 (2021-03-01)
 ===================
 
 * **Portability**
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ v7.1.0 (unreleased)
     to access storage exported via the vhost-user protocol by daemons such
     as the ``qemu-storage-daemon``.
 
-* **Improvements**
-
 * **Bug fixes**
 
   * qemu: Fix disk quiescing rollback when creating external snapshots