next release is 1.7.1
diff --git a/acinclude.m4.in b/acinclude.m4.in
index f947920..8ab24cf 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4.in
+++ b/acinclude.m4.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 m4_define([LOCAL_BUG_URI], [https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB])
 m4_define([LOCAL_VERSION_MAJOR], [1])
 m4_define([LOCAL_VERSION_MINOR], [7])
-m4_define([LOCAL_VERSION_REVISION], [0])
+m4_define([LOCAL_VERSION_REVISION], [1])
 m4_define([LOCAL_VERSION_STAGE], [])
 m4_define([LOCAL_VERSION_RELEASE], [])
 m4_define([LOCAL_VERSION_PRIMARY],
@@ -27,4 +27,3 @@
     [LOCAL_VERSION_STAGE[]LOCAL_VERSION_RELEASE])
 m4_define([LOCAL_VERSION],
     [LOCAL_VERSION_PRIMARY[]LOCAL_VERSION_SECONDARY])
-