diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 996a8e769..7fa1fcbfa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
 http://openslides.org
 
+Version 1.7.1 (unreleased)
+==========================
+[https://github.com/OpenSlides/OpenSlides/milestones/1.7.1]
+
+
 Version 1.7 (2015-02-16)
 ========================
 [https://github.com/OpenSlides/OpenSlides/milestones/1.7]
diff --git a/openslides/__init__.py b/openslides/__init__.py
index 3b4db5dd8..b065d96ce 100644
--- a/openslides/__init__.py
+++ b/openslides/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-VERSION = (1, 7, 0, 'final', 1)  # During development it is the next release
-RELEASE = True
+VERSION = (1, 7, 1, 'final', 1)  # During development it is the next release
+RELEASE = False
 
 
 def get_version(version=None, release=None):