diff --git a/home.admin/_version.info b/home.admin/_version.info
index 7d5f23197..a39a0b9c4 100644
--- a/home.admin/_version.info
+++ b/home.admin/_version.info
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # RaspiBlitz Version - always [major].[main].[sub] (sub can be a string like '2rc1')
-codeVersion="1.7.0"
+codeVersion="1.7.1rc1"