diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1fed057..8f9082d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 # Change Log
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This change log follows the conventions of [keepachangelog.com](http://keepachangelog.com/).
 
-## [Unreleased]
-
-
-
 ## 0.7.1 - 2021-02-07
 ### Changed
 - Set minimum ruby version to 2.5
@@ -49,7 +45,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This change
 ### Added
 - initial version of docker configs for testing on Ubuntu.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/edporras/edn_turbo/-/compare/0.7.0...main
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/edporras/edn_turbo/-/compare/0.7.1...main
+[0.7.1]: https://github.com/edporras/edn_turbo/-/compare/0.7.0...0.7.1
 [0.7.0]: https://github.com/edporras/edn_turbo/-/compare/0.6.2...0.7.0
 [0.6.2]: https://github.com/edporras/edn_turbo/-/compare/0.6.1...0.6.2
 [0.6.1]: https://github.com/edporras/edn_turbo/-/compare/0.6.0...0.6.1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a323846..96d6222 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-edn_turbo 0.7.0
+edn_turbo 0.7.1
 ===============
 
 Fast [Ragel](http://www.colm.net/open-source/ragel/)-based EDN parser for Ruby.
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ irb(main):008:0> Benchmark.realtime { 100000.times { EDN::read(s) } }
 Dependencies
 ============
 
-Ruby 2.4 or greater as `edn_turbo` does not use the deprecated `Fixnum` or `Bignum`.
+Ruby 2.6 or greater.
 
 - ruby gems:
   - [rake](http://rake.rubyforge.org)
@@ -112,3 +112,5 @@ calls into the ruby side.
 
 - As of v0.6.2, `edn_turbo` supports representation of `##Inf` as
   `Float::INFINITY` and `##NaN` as `Float::NAN`.
+
+- As of v0.7.1, `edn_turbo` requires ruby 2.5 or greater.
diff --git a/lib/edn_turbo/version.rb b/lib/edn_turbo/version.rb
index 598e4be..06707d3 100644
--- a/lib/edn_turbo/version.rb
+++ b/lib/edn_turbo/version.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@
 # THE SOFTWARE.
 
 module EDNT
-  VERSION = '0.7.0'
-  RELEASE_DATE = '2020-02-07'
+  VERSION = '0.7.1'
+  RELEASE_DATE = '2021-02-07'
 end