diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f9a344da..fab4d23a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,11 +1,44 @@
 # Change Log
 
 ## master (unreleased)
-- Emit "dotnet" as format to ResultDocument when processing .NET files #2024 @samadpls
 
 ### New Features
-- ELF: detect OS from statically-linked Go binaries #1978 @williballenthin
 
+### Breaking Changes
+
+### New Rules (0)
+
+-
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+### capa explorer IDA Pro plugin
+
+### Development
+
+### Raw diffs
+- [capa v7.1.0...master](https://github.com/mandiant/capa/compare/v7.1.0...master)
+- [capa-rules v7.1.0...master](https://github.com/mandiant/capa-rules/compare/v7.1.0...master)
+
+## v7.1.0
+The v7.1.0 release brings large performance improvements to capa's rule matching engine.
+Additionally, we've fixed various bugs and added new features for people using and developing capa.
+
+Special thanks to our repeat and new contributors:
+* @sjha2048 made their first contribution in https://github.com/mandiant/capa/pull/2000
+* @Rohit1123 made their first contribution in https://github.com/mandiant/capa/pull/1990
+* @psahithireddy made their first contribution in https://github.com/mandiant/capa/pull/2020
+* @Atlas-64 made their first contribution in https://github.com/mandiant/capa/pull/2018
+* @s-ff made their first contribution in https://github.com/mandiant/capa/pull/2011
+* @samadpls made their first contribution in https://github.com/mandiant/capa/pull/2024
+* @acelynnzhang made their first contribution in https://github.com/mandiant/capa/pull/2044
+* @RainRat made their first contribution in https://github.com/mandiant/capa/pull/2058
+* @ReversingWithMe made their first contribution in https://github.com/mandiant/capa/pull/2093
+* @malwarefrank made their first contribution in https://github.com/mandiant/capa/pull/2037
+
+### New Features
+- Emit "dotnet" as format to ResultDocument when processing .NET files #2024 @samadpls
+- ELF: detect OS from statically-linked Go binaries #1978 @williballenthin
 - add function in capa/helpers to load plain and compressed JSON reports #1883 @Rohit1123
 - document Antivirus warnings and VirusTotal false positive detections #2028 @RionEV @mr-tz
 - Add json to sarif conversion script @reversingwithme
@@ -16,9 +49,6 @@
 - relax dependency version requirements for the capa library #2053 @williballenthin
 - add scripts dependency group and update documentation #2145 @mr-tz
 
-### Breaking Changes
-
-
 ### New Rules (25)
 
 - impact/wipe-disk/delete-drive-layout-via-ioctl william.ballenthin@mandiant.com
@@ -46,7 +76,6 @@
 - nursery/load-packed-dex-via-jiagu-on-android mehunhoff@google.com
 - nursery/modify-api-blacklist-or-denylist-via-jni-on-android mehunhoff@google.com
 - nursery/truncate-file-on-linux mehunhoff@google.com
--
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
@@ -55,7 +84,6 @@
 - binja: add support for forwarded export #1646 @xusheng6
 - cape: support more report formats #2035 @mr-tz
 
-
 ### capa explorer IDA Pro plugin
 - replace deprecated IDA API find_binary with bin_search #1606 @s-ff
 
@@ -70,8 +98,8 @@
 - add deptry support #1497 @s-ff
 
 ### Raw diffs
-- [capa v7.0.1...master](https://github.com/mandiant/capa/compare/v7.0.1...master)
-- [capa-rules v7.0.1...master](https://github.com/mandiant/capa-rules/compare/v7.0.1...master)
+- [capa v7.0.1...v7.1.0](https://github.com/mandiant/capa/compare/v7.0.1...v7.1.0)
+- [capa-rules v7.0.1...v7.1.0](https://github.com/mandiant/capa-rules/compare/v7.0.1...v7.1.0)
 
 ## v7.0.1
 
diff --git a/capa/version.py b/capa/version.py
index 06bdc4ae..65fe77ff 100644
--- a/capa/version.py
+++ b/capa/version.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
 #  is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
-__version__ = "7.0.1"
+__version__ = "7.1.0"
 
 
 def get_major_version():
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 42f40b8f..b667e63a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pydantic==2.7.3
 pydantic-core==2.18.4
 pyelftools==0.31
 pygments==2.18.0
-python-flirt==0.8.6
+python-flirt==0.8.10
 pyyaml==6.0.1
 rich==13.7.1
 ruamel-yaml==0.18.6
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ sortedcontainers==2.4.0
 tabulate==0.9.0
 termcolor==2.4.0
 tqdm==4.66.4
-viv-utils==0.7.9
+viv-utils==0.7.11
 vivisect==1.1.1
 wcwidth==0.2.13
diff --git a/rules b/rules
index ea14b38f..e63c454f 160000
--- a/rules
+++ b/rules
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ea14b38fbf9b16e9d8a06807aef31d46e935d6d8
+Subproject commit e63c454fbb9df14967a67479fee1e1615d54f4d6
diff --git a/tests/data b/tests/data
index ff6c34ec..3a769017 160000
--- a/tests/data
+++ b/tests/data
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ff6c34ec65fe27f79b0297d77cb51f9102e8dcb9
+Subproject commit 3a7690178bcb05671bf4d33f3d117715272fe538