diff --git a/.fuse-overlayfs.metadata b/.fuse-overlayfs.metadata
index 632cf1f..3464561 100644
--- a/.fuse-overlayfs.metadata
+++ b/.fuse-overlayfs.metadata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7b507cd8550f6014b5bfa5e313ea6dc6c89a5666 SOURCES/v1.6.tar.gz
+ec05e54e0a1a2d9c66fd2ac8fc17018973222f2e SOURCES/v1.7.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5828a56..5365029 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SOURCES/v1.6.tar.gz
+SOURCES/v1.7.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/SPECS/fuse-overlayfs.spec b/SPECS/fuse-overlayfs.spec
index df943ba..87a298f 100644
--- a/SPECS/fuse-overlayfs.spec
+++ b/SPECS/fuse-overlayfs.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 %{!?_modulesloaddir:%global _modulesloaddir %{_usr}/lib/modules-load.d}
 
 Name: fuse-overlayfs
-Version: 1.6
+Version: 1.7.1
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: FUSE overlay+shiftfs implementation for rootless containers
 License: GPLv3+
@@ -66,22 +66,21 @@ modprobe fuse > /dev/null 2>&1 || :
 %{_modulesloaddir}/fuse-overlayfs.conf
 
 %changelog
-* Thu Jul 01 2021 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 1.6-1
-- update to https://github.com/containers/fuse-overlayfs/releases/tag/v1.6
-- Related: #1954702
+* Wed Aug 11 2021 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 1.7.1-1
+- update to https://github.com/containers/fuse-overlayfs/releases/tag/v1.7.1
+- Related: #1934415
 
-* Thu May 13 2021 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 1.4.0-3
-- revert back to the state of 3.0-8.4.0
-- Related: #1954702
+* Thu Jul 29 2021 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 1.7-1
+- update to https://github.com/containers/fuse-overlayfs/releases/tag/v1.7
+- Related: #1934415
 
-* Thu Apr 29 2021 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 1.5.0-2
-- be sure to disable openat2 syscall also with 1.5.0 - this is not supported
-  in RHEL8 kernel (yet)
-- Related: #1954702
+* Wed Jun 23 2021 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 1.6-1
+- update to https://github.com/containers/fuse-overlayfs/releases/tag/v1.6
+- Related: #1934415
 
-* Thu Apr 29 2021 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 1.5.0-1
+* Thu Mar 25 2021 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 1.5.0-1
 - update to https://github.com/containers/fuse-overlayfs/releases/tag/v1.5.0
-- Related: #1954702
+- Related: #1934415
 
 * Fri Jan 29 2021 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 1.4.0-2
 - disable openat2 syscall again - still unsupported in current RHEL8 kernel