diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 05c47ad..66bc1fd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@
 /gst-plugins-base-1.6.0.tar.xz
 /gst-plugins-base-1.6.1.tar.xz
 /gst-plugins-base-1.6.2.tar.xz
+/gst-plugins-base-1.7.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/gstreamer1-plugins-base.spec b/gstreamer1-plugins-base.spec
index 939acbd..0c5d89c 100644
--- a/gstreamer1-plugins-base.spec
+++ b/gstreamer1-plugins-base.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #global shortcommit %(c=%{gitcommit}; echo ${c:0:5})
 
 Name:           gstreamer1-plugins-base
-Version:        1.6.2
+Version:        1.7.1
 Release:        1%{?gitcommit:.git%{shortcommit}}%{?dist}
 Summary:        GStreamer streaming media framework base plugins
 
@@ -410,6 +410,9 @@ chrpath --delete $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/gst-play-1.0
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 4 2016 Wim Taymans <wtaymans@redhat.com> - 1.7.1-1
+- Update to 1.7.1
+
 * Tue Dec 15 2015 Wim Taymans <wtaymans@redhat.com> - 1.6.2-1
 - Update to 1.6.2
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index a1a8d33..eb2d8f2 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-f530fbbe287edce79c55a37bd1a39fe2  gst-plugins-base-1.6.2.tar.xz
+a1c89e39077b4938d0ea341c129a6341  gst-plugins-base-1.7.1.tar.xz