diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ac37bbea..a55c553f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.70
+0.71
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index d81baae0..c77bb4b2 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Init.
-AC_INIT(dosbox,0.70)
+AC_INIT(dosbox,0.71)
 AC_PREREQ(2.50)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(README)
 
diff --git a/src/platform/visualc/config.h b/src/platform/visualc/config.h
index 088d23a1..9694796d 100644
--- a/src/platform/visualc/config.h
+++ b/src/platform/visualc/config.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #define INLINE __forceinline
 
-#define VERSION "0.70"
+#define VERSION "0.71"
 
 
 /* Define to 1 to enable internal debugger, requires libcurses */