diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 0766280..f5c4f63 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Changelog
 Unreleased
 ----------
 
+7.1.1
+----------
+- Address a bug introduced in pytest-bdd 7.1 caused by incorrect pytest version check.
+
 7.1
 ----------
 - Address compatibility issue with pytest 8.1. `#666 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-bdd/pull/666>`_
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ebd7d8c..3c3eec7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pytest-bdd"
-version = "7.1"
+version = "7.1.1"
 description = "BDD for pytest"
 authors = ["Oleg Pidsadnyi <oleg.pidsadnyi@gmail.com>", "Anatoly Bubenkov <bubenkoff@gmail.com>"]
 maintainers = ["Alessio Bogon <778703+youtux@users.noreply.github.com>"]