diff --git a/spanner/CHANGELOG.md b/spanner/CHANGELOG.md
index d9bb3112593c..8df40e9a4c0d 100644
--- a/spanner/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/spanner/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-spanner/#history
 
+## 1.7.1
+
+12-14-2018 15:18 PST
+
+
+### Documentation
+- Announce Python 2 deprecation ([#6910](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/pull/6910))
+- Normalize documentation for 'page_size' / 'max_results' / 'page_token' ([#6842](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/pull/6842))
+
+### Internal / Testing Changes
+- Include grpc config in manifest ([#6928](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/pull/6928))
+
 ## 1.7.0
 
 12-10-2018 13:10 PST
diff --git a/spanner/setup.py b/spanner/setup.py
index 21214b6ba61f..07fc664582af 100644
--- a/spanner/setup.py
+++ b/spanner/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 name = 'google-cloud-spanner'
 description = 'Cloud Spanner API client library'
-version = '1.7.0'
+version = '1.7.1'
 # Should be one of:
 # 'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha'
 # 'Development Status :: 4 - Beta'