diff --git a/mypy/version.py b/mypy/version.py
index e080326d8cf1..66c5bb807798 100644
--- a/mypy/version.py
+++ b/mypy/version.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # - Release versions have the form "0.NNN".
 # - Dev versions have the form "0.NNN+dev" (PLUS sign to conform to PEP 440).
 # - For 1.0 we'll switch back to 1.2.3 form.
-__version__ = '0.971+dev'
+__version__ = '0.971'
 base_version = __version__
 
 mypy_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))