diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index cfb8f95d..600b47c4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ $ towncrier create <PR-number>.<break|feat|fix>.md --content "Short description"
 
 <!-- towncrier release notes start -->
 
+## 1.7.1 (Released 2026-02-25)
+
+### 🔧 Fixes
+
+[#398](https://github.com/cylc/cylc-rose/pull/398) - ROSE_ORIG_HOST values are now correctly quoted in rose-suite-cylc-install
+
 ## 1.7.0 (Released 2025-10-01)
 
 ### ⚠️ Breaking changes
diff --git a/changes.d/398.fix.md b/changes.d/398.fix.md
deleted file mode 100644
index e78e3297..00000000
--- a/changes.d/398.fix.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ROSE_ORIG_HOST values are now correctly quoted in rose-suite-cylc-install
diff --git a/cylc/rose/__init__.py b/cylc/rose/__init__.py
index 014a39bf..d7f55201 100644
--- a/cylc/rose/__init__.py
+++ b/cylc/rose/__init__.py
@@ -232,4 +232,4 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = '1.7.1.dev'
+__version__ = '1.7.1'