diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7c04c8c..cd694b6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT(s3fs, 1.70)
+AC_INIT(s3fs, 1.71)
 
 
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM