diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 24c407b586..3e6e8fd332 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 71.0.0
+current_version = 71.0.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 52b10f837b..1b569cc88a 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+v71.0.1
+=======
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Restored package data that went missing in 71.0. This change also incidentally causes tests to be installed once again. (#4475)
+
+
 v71.0.0
 =======
 
diff --git a/newsfragments/4475.bugfix.rst b/newsfragments/4475.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 73e323eb2d..0000000000
--- a/newsfragments/4475.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Restored package data that went missing in 71.0. This change also incidentally causes tests to be installed once again.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a117304491..b3399570bc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ backend-path = ["."]
 
 [project]
 name = "setuptools"
-version = "71.0.0"
+version = "71.0.1"
 authors = [
 	{ name = "Python Packaging Authority", email = "distutils-sig@python.org" },
 ]