diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 58ef57e..4e9d6c7 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "7.1.0"
+  ".": "7.1.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 50eadf0..6939bd3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. Releases are automated by [release-please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please); see [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [7.1.1](https://github.com/GetStream/getstream-go/compare/v7.1.0...v7.1.1) (2026-10-01)
+
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+* raise the default connection pool size from 5 to 100 ([#173](https://github.com/GetStream/getstream-go/issues/173)) ([93d769a](https://github.com/GetStream/getstream-go/commit/93d769abcbc9f35784887356c92bdc6ebc5cacaf))
+
 ## [7.1.0](https://github.com/GetStream/getstream-go/compare/v7.0.0...v7.1.0) (2026-09-10)
 
 
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index b320e61..79b426f 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package getstream
 
 const (
-	versionName = "v7.1.0" // x-release-please-version
+	versionName = "v7.1.1" // x-release-please-version
 )
 
 // Version returns the version of the library. versionName is written by the release