diff --git a/changelog_entry.yaml b/changelog_entry.yaml
index e69de29..b04d611 100644
--- a/changelog_entry.yaml
+++ b/changelog_entry.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- bump: patch
+  changes:
+    changed:
+    - Update PolicyEngine US to 1.71.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c2ea73a..36b0f23 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         "policyengine-ng==0.5.1",
         "policyengine-il==0.1.0",
         "policyengine_uk==1.7.1",
-        "policyengine_us==1.69.0",
+        "policyengine_us==1.71.0",
         "pyjwt",
         "Flask-Caching==2.0.2",
         "urllib3<1.27,>=1.21.1",