diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index f0a8d6e..159e7d4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-Pre-release
-    - Switched continuous integration from Travis CI to CircleCI, we now support
-      macOS & Linux (CircleCI) and Windows (AppVeyor)
+Version 0.7.1 - January 5, 2022
+    - Release numbering updated to match liboqs
+    - Switched continuous integration from Travis CI to CircleCI, we now
+      support macOS & Linux (CircleCI) and Windows (AppVeyor)
 
 Version 0.4.0 - November 28, 2020
     - Bugfixes
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 3edf60e..b1e1229 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -1,33 +1,27 @@
-liboqs-go version 0.4.0
+liboqs-go version 0.7.1
 =======================
 
 About
 -----
 
-The **Open Quantum Safe (OQS) project** has the goal of developing and
-prototyping quantum-resistant cryptography. More information on OQS can be found
-on our website: https://openquantumsafe.org/ and on Github
-at https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/.
+The **Open Quantum Safe (OQS) project** has the goal of developing and prototyping quantum-resistant cryptography. More information on OQS can be found on our website: https://openquantumsafe.org/ and on Github at https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/.
 
-**liboqs** is an open source C library for quantum-resistant cryptographic
-algorithms. See more about liboqs
-at [https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs/](https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs/)
-, including a list of supported algorithms.
+**liboqs** is an open source C library for quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms. See more about liboqs at [https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs/](https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs/), including a list of supported algorithms.
 
-**liboqs-go** is an open source Go wrapper for the liboqs C library for
-quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms. Details about liboqs-go can be found
-in [README.md](https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs-go/blob/main/README.md)
-. See in particular limitations on intended use.
+**liboqs-go** is an open source Go wrapper for the liboqs C library for quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms. Details about liboqs-go can be found in [README.md](https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs-go/blob/main/README.md). See in particular limitations on intended use.
 
 Release notes
 =============
 
-This release of liboqs-go was released on November 28, 2020. Its release page on
-GitHub is https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs-go/releases/tag/0.4.0.
+This release of liboqs-go was released on January 5, 2022. Its release page on GitHub is https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs-go/releases/tag/0.7.1.
 
 What's New
 ----------
 
-This is the eight release of liboqs-go. For a list of changes
+This is the ninth release of liboqs-go. 
+
+This is an incremental minor change release.
+
+For a list of changes
 see [CHANGES.txt](https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs-go/blob/main/CHANGES.txt)
 .