diff --git a/music21/_version.py b/music21/_version.py
index d1c7a65328..d0a5074185 100644
--- a/music21/_version.py
+++ b/music21/_version.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 Changing this number invalidates old pickles -- do it if the old pickles create a problem.
 '''
 
-__version_info__ = (6, 7, 0)  # can be 4-tuple: (7, 0, 5, 'a2')
+__version_info__ = (6, 7, 1)  # can be 4-tuple: (7, 0, 5, 'a2')
 
 v = '.'.join(str(x) for x in __version_info__[0:3])
 if len(__version_info__) > 3 and __version_info__[3]:
diff --git a/music21/base.py b/music21/base.py
index 2f06a37680..cba7683b18 100644
--- a/music21/base.py
+++ b/music21/base.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 <class 'music21.base.Music21Object'>
 
 >>> music21.VERSION_STR
-'6.7.0'
+'6.7.1'
 
 Alternatively, after doing a complete import, these classes are available
 under the module "base":