diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 40f6f3c..a005f79 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Apache Whirr Change Log
 
-Release 0.7.1
+Release 0.7.1 - 2012-02-23
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
 
diff --git a/build-tools/pom.xml b/build-tools/pom.xml
index 169660b..897757d 100644
--- a/build-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/build-tools/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-build-tools</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>0.7.0</version>
+  <version>0.7.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr Build Tools</name>
   <distributionManagement>
     <repository>
diff --git a/cli/pom.xml b/cli/pom.xml
index e017666..2207c8e 100644
--- a/cli/pom.xml
+++ b/cli/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0</version>
+    <version>0.7.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-cli</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>0.7.0</version>
+  <version>0.7.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr CLI</name>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 01b7a6c..44b8f83 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0</version>
+    <version>0.7.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-core</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>0.7.0</version>
+  <version>0.7.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr Core</name>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index ed7cbb4..fad84cf 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0</version>
+    <version>0.7.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-examples</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>0.7.0</version>
+  <version>0.7.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr Examples</name>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 25f7bb5..c1b559a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.0</version>
+  <version>0.7.1</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   
   <name>Whirr</name>
diff --git a/services/cassandra/pom.xml b/services/cassandra/pom.xml
index ec57c7d..e5a1dc1 100644
--- a/services/cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/services/cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0</version>
+    <version>0.7.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-cassandra</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>0.7.0</version>
+  <version>0.7.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr Cassandra</name>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.cassandra</groupId>
       <artifactId>cassandra-all</artifactId>
-      <version>0.7.0</version>
+      <version>0.7.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.cassandra.deps</groupId>
diff --git a/services/cdh/pom.xml b/services/cdh/pom.xml
index fca24e8..7cf3050 100644
--- a/services/cdh/pom.xml
+++ b/services/cdh/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0</version>
+    <version>0.7.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-cdh</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>0.7.0</version>
+  <version>0.7.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr CDH</name>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/services/chef/pom.xml b/services/chef/pom.xml
index aa5a917..c64595a 100644
--- a/services/chef/pom.xml
+++ b/services/chef/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0</version>
+    <version>0.7.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>whirr-chef</artifactId>
diff --git a/services/elasticsearch/pom.xml b/services/elasticsearch/pom.xml
index 6f81279..410a03c 100644
--- a/services/elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/services/elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0</version>
+    <version>0.7.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-elasticsearch</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>0.7.0</version>
+  <version>0.7.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr ElasticSearch</name>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/services/ganglia/pom.xml b/services/ganglia/pom.xml
index 7e9020f..4e860f4 100644
--- a/services/ganglia/pom.xml
+++ b/services/ganglia/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0</version>
+    <version>0.7.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
diff --git a/services/hadoop/pom.xml b/services/hadoop/pom.xml
index 7a38460..3c92e60 100644
--- a/services/hadoop/pom.xml
+++ b/services/hadoop/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0</version>
+    <version>0.7.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-hadoop</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>0.7.0</version>
+  <version>0.7.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr Hadoop</name>
   <properties>
     <hadoop.version>0.20.205.0</hadoop.version>
diff --git a/services/hama/pom.xml b/services/hama/pom.xml
index 2c8f22b..7f9a9bf 100644
--- a/services/hama/pom.xml
+++ b/services/hama/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0</version>
+    <version>0.7.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-hama</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>0.7.0</version>
+  <version>0.7.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr Hama</name>
   <properties>
     <hadoop.version>0.20.2</hadoop.version>
diff --git a/services/hbase/pom.xml b/services/hbase/pom.xml
index 061f6fb..c736197 100644
--- a/services/hbase/pom.xml
+++ b/services/hbase/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0</version>
+    <version>0.7.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-hbase</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>0.7.0</version>
+  <version>0.7.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr HBase</name>
   <properties>
     <hadoop.version>0.20.2</hadoop.version>
diff --git a/services/mahout/pom.xml b/services/mahout/pom.xml
index 230db5f..8d66d30 100644
--- a/services/mahout/pom.xml
+++ b/services/mahout/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0</version>
+    <version>0.7.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-mahout</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>0.7.0</version>
+  <version>0.7.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr Mahout</name>
   <properties>
     <hadoop.version>0.20.2</hadoop.version>
diff --git a/services/puppet/pom.xml b/services/puppet/pom.xml
index 61ccb9e..e32a0a4 100644
--- a/services/puppet/pom.xml
+++ b/services/puppet/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0</version>
+    <version>0.7.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>whirr-puppet</artifactId>
diff --git a/services/voldemort/pom.xml b/services/voldemort/pom.xml
index 62689a4..68a457a 100644
--- a/services/voldemort/pom.xml
+++ b/services/voldemort/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0</version>
+    <version>0.7.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-voldemort</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>0.7.0</version>
+  <version>0.7.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr Voldemort</name>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/services/zookeeper/pom.xml b/services/zookeeper/pom.xml
index 76da96f..e18e493 100644
--- a/services/zookeeper/pom.xml
+++ b/services/zookeeper/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0</version>
+    <version>0.7.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-zookeeper</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>0.7.0</version>
+  <version>0.7.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr ZooKeeper</name>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/site/site.xml b/src/site/site.xml
index d42c7cd..f1f2e34 100644
--- a/src/site/site.xml
+++ b/src/site/site.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <breadcrumbs position="left">
       <item name="Apache" href="http://www.apache.org/" />
       <item name="Whirr" href="http://whirr.apache.org/"/>
-      <item name="0.7.0" href="http://whirr.apache.org/docs/0.7.0/"/>
+      <item name="0.7.1" href="http://whirr.apache.org/docs/0.7.1/"/>
     </breadcrumbs>
 
     <menu name="Whirr">
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/release-notes.xml b/src/site/xdoc/release-notes.xml
index 57290e2..d718d77 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/release-notes.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/release-notes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,49 @@
     <!-- Paste release notes from https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR here. -->
 
 
+        <h1>Release Notes - Whirr - Version 0.7.1</h1>
+                
+<h2>        Bug
+</h2>
+<ul>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-367'>WHIRR-367</a>] -         Wrong groupId for zookeeper
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-460'>WHIRR-460</a>] -         Error while running whirr on Cygwin 
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-490'>WHIRR-490</a>] -         hadoop-mapreduce.mapred.child.ulimit should be unlimited by default
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-495'>WHIRR-495</a>] -         bin/whirr is does not have executable permissions in the 0.7.0 pre-built download
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-502'>WHIRR-502</a>] -         configure_cdh_hadoop.sh:  syntax error trying to modify permissions on $HADOOP_LOG_DIR
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-518'>WHIRR-518</a>] -         Change to OpenJDK
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-520'>WHIRR-520</a>] -         Using OAB script to install sun jdk
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-521'>WHIRR-521</a>] -         Backport InstallJDK functionality from jclouds 1.4.0
+</li>
+</ul>
+            
+<h2>        Improvement
+</h2>
+<ul>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-439'>WHIRR-439</a>] -         Make proxy files executable
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-454'>WHIRR-454</a>] -         Allow openjdk to be installed as an alternative to sun-java-6
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-463'>WHIRR-463</a>] -         Fail fast when running as root
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-498'>WHIRR-498</a>] -         Update the list of known limitations
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-507'>WHIRR-507</a>] -         Make whirr script executable from any path
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-517'>WHIRR-517</a>] -         Add a retry loop around apt-get and yum commands to overcome transient errors
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-526'>WHIRR-526</a>] -         Don&#39;t log harmless sshj errors to console
+</li>
+</ul>
+                                                
+
        <h1> Release Notes - Whirr - Version 0.7.0 </h1>
     
 <h2>        Sub-task
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/whirr-in-5-minutes.xml b/src/site/xdoc/whirr-in-5-minutes.xml
index e770a93..74895c5 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/whirr-in-5-minutes.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/whirr-in-5-minutes.xml
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=... 
 export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=... 
 
-curl -O http://www.apache.org/dist/whirr/whirr-0.7.0/whirr-0.7.0.tar.gz
-tar zxf whirr-0.7.0.tar.gz; cd whirr-0.7.0 
+curl -O http://www.apache.org/dist/whirr/whirr-0.7.1/whirr-0.7.1.tar.gz
+tar zxf whirr-0.7.1.tar.gz; cd whirr-0.7.1 
 
 ssh-keygen -t rsa -P '' -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa_whirr 
 bin/whirr launch-cluster --config recipes/zookeeper-ec2.properties --private-key-file ~/.ssh/id_rsa_whirr