diff --git a/ninja.changes b/ninja.changes
index 6dab4ef..0fd0e73 100644
--- a/ninja.changes
+++ b/ninja.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Apr 29 17:34:13 UTC 2016 - idonmez@suse.com
+
+- Update to version 1.7.1
+  * Change default NINJA_STATUS to [%f/%t] github issue #1143
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Apr 28 05:24:46 UTC 2016 - foss@grueninger.de
 
diff --git a/ninja.spec b/ninja.spec
index f9dfb8d..3f5bae9 100644
--- a/ninja.spec
+++ b/ninja.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           ninja
-Version:        1.7.0
+Version:        1.7.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A small build system closest in spirit to Make
 License:        Apache-2.0
diff --git a/v1.7.0.tar.gz b/v1.7.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a018a6..0000000
--- a/v1.7.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:9cd5467a281c757859825c799b0cdd21926808c45b4772b718bed06617efb771
-size 179715
diff --git a/v1.7.1.tar.gz b/v1.7.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e26f043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v1.7.1.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:51581de53cf4705b89eb6b14a85baa73288ad08bff256e7d30d529155813be19
+size 179717