diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index 5c1a26dbf..80a354dd1 100755
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-## Release 2.7.1.dev0 - 12 JAN 2024
+## Release 2.7.1 - 12 APR 2024
 ## Features Added
-
+- Added customer juniper paramiko module as a dependency  which supported aes128 and aes257 cipher #1299 
 ## Bugs Fixed
 
 ## Release 2.7.0 - 12 JAN 2024
diff --git a/lib/jnpr/junos/version.py b/lib/jnpr/junos/version.py
index 098dac23c..8e2860e5e 100644
--- a/lib/jnpr/junos/version.py
+++ b/lib/jnpr/junos/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-VERSION = "2.7.1.dev0"
-DATE = "2024-Jan-12"
+VERSION = "2.7.1"
+DATE = "2024-Apr-12"
 
 # Augment with the internal version if present
 try: