diff --git a/.prev-version b/.prev-version
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--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.7
+2.7.1
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e06cb77a..afdc073c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
   There are operator- and operator-= for 'location'.  Negative line/column
   increments can no longer underflow the resulting value.
 
-* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+* Noteworthy changes in release 2.7.1 (2013-04-15) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes