diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 714ff1f72..bcf425825 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FROM java:openjdk-7-jre
-ENV MAXWELL_VERSION 1.7.0
+ENV MAXWELL_VERSION 1.7.1
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c018b919e..3e9613512 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ advanced features:
   parser for create/alter/drop statements (nope, there was no other way).
 
 → Download:
-[https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.7.0/maxwell-1.7.0.tar.gz](https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.7.0/maxwell-1.7.0.tar.gz)
+[https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.7.1/maxwell-1.7.1.tar.gz](https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.7.1/maxwell-1.7.1.tar.gz)
 <br/>
 &rarr; Source:
 [https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell](https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell)
diff --git a/docs/docs/quickstart.md b/docs/docs/quickstart.md
index 4595f7375..2e25ed57c 100644
--- a/docs/docs/quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/docs/quickstart.md
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 ### Download
 ***
-- Download binary distro: [https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.7.0/maxwell-1.7.0.tar.gz](https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.7.0/maxwell-1.7.0.tar.gz)
+- Download binary distro: [https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.7.1/maxwell-1.7.1.tar.gz](https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.7.1/maxwell-1.7.1.tar.gz)
 - Sources and bug tracking is available on github: [https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell](https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell)
 - Obligatory copy/paste to terminal:
 
 ```
-curl -sLo - https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.7.0/maxwell-1.7.0.tar.gz \
+curl -sLo - https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.7.1/maxwell-1.7.1.tar.gz \
        | tar zxvf -
-cd maxwell-1.7.0
+cd maxwell-1.7.1
 ```
 
 or get the docker image:
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ mysql> GRANT ALL on maxwell.* to 'maxwell'@'localhost';
 Useful for smoke-testing the thing.
 
 ```
-bin/maxwell --user='maxwell' --password='XXXXXX' --host='127.0.0.1' --producer=stdout
+bin/maxwell --user='maxwell' --password='XXXXXX' --host='1.7.1.0.1' --producer=stdout
 ```
 
 (or docker):
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Query OK, 1 row affected (0.04 sec)
 Boot kafka as described here:  [http://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#quickstart](http://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#quickstart), then:
 
 ```
-bin/maxwell --user='maxwell' --password='XXXXXX' --host='127.0.0.1' \
+bin/maxwell --user='maxwell' --password='XXXXXX' --host='1.7.1.0.1' \
    --producer=kafka --kafka.bootstrap.servers=localhost:9092
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d29e0362f..fce384045 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.zendesk</groupId>
   <artifactId>maxwell</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.0</version>
+  <version>1.7.1</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>maxwell</name>