diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 96e6039a5..b75d8a6da 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "circuit-knitting-toolbox"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.7.1"
 description = "A software prototype for a circuit knitting toolbox which connects user applications with runtime primitives"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {file = "LICENSE.txt"}
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/nonzero-register-size-e112e34417ff79b9.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/0.7/nonzero-register-size-e112e34417ff79b9.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from releasenotes/notes/nonzero-register-size-e112e34417ff79b9.yaml
rename to releasenotes/notes/0.7/nonzero-register-size-e112e34417ff79b9.yaml
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/0.7/prepare-0.7.1-a18412f0e07ece06.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/0.7/prepare-0.7.1-a18412f0e07ece06.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2748361f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/0.7/prepare-0.7.1-a18412f0e07ece06.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+prelude: |
+  The 0.7.1 release provides a workaround to ensure that the
+  experiments generated by the circuit cutting workflow will execute
+  on IBM Quantum's hardware backends.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/subexperiment-gen-speedup-41a4e8679353d1d9.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/0.7/subexperiment-gen-speedup-41a4e8679353d1d9.yaml
similarity index 93%
rename from releasenotes/notes/subexperiment-gen-speedup-41a4e8679353d1d9.yaml
rename to releasenotes/notes/0.7/subexperiment-gen-speedup-41a4e8679353d1d9.yaml
index 6891d972c..807637a2e 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/subexperiment-gen-speedup-41a4e8679353d1d9.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/0.7/subexperiment-gen-speedup-41a4e8679353d1d9.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ---
-fixes:
+other:
   - |
     The :func:`.generate_cutting_experiments` function has been optimized for faster execution.