diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 24c37dc..3c5d799 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: iSEEhex
 Title: iSEE extension for summarising data points in hexagonal bins
-Version: 1.7.0
-Date: 2022-06-16
+Version: 1.7.1
+Date: 2024-20-01
 Authors@R: 
     c(
     person("Kevin", 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 534ccea..d1116e0 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
-# MyBioconductorPackage 0.99.2
+# iSEEhex 1.7.1
+
+* Version bump to rebuild classes derived from `DotPlot`.
+
+# iSEEhex 0.99.2
 
 MISCELLANEOUS
 
 * Fix BiocCheck WARNING: "Description field in the DESCRIPTION file is too
   concise".
 
-# MyBioconductorPackage 0.99.1
+# iSEEhex 0.99.1
 
 MISCELLANEOUS
 
 * Tag `iseehex` added to watched tags on the support site.
 * Version bump to trigger a build on the automated single package builder.
 
-# MyBioconductorPackage 0.99.0
+# iSEEhex 0.99.0
 
 NEW FEATURES