diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index db5de0a..9ea2e51 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 * [ENHANCEMENT]
 * [BUGFIX]
 
+## 0.7.1 / 2023-06-12
+
+* [BUGFIX] Ignore network read timeout errors #115
+
 ## 0.7.0 / 2023-07-10
 
 * [FEATURE] Make source ip configurable #83
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index faef31a..39e898a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.0
+0.7.1
diff --git a/collector.go b/collector.go
index 3e5db20..ed0b41e 100644
--- a/collector.go
+++ b/collector.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"net"
+
 	"github.com/prometheus-community/pro-bing"
 
 	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
@@ -110,6 +112,12 @@ func NewSmokepingCollector(pingers *[]*probing.Pinger, pingResponseSeconds prome
 				stats.AvgRtt, "max_rtt", stats.MaxRtt, "stddev_rtt", stats.StdDevRtt)
 		}
 		pinger.OnRecvError = func(err error) {
+			if neterr, ok := err.(*net.OpError); ok {
+				if neterr.Timeout() {
+					// Ignore read timeout errors, these are handled by the pinger.
+					return
+				}
+			}
 			pingRecvErrors.Inc()
 			level.Debug(logger).Log("msg", "Error receiving packet", "error", err)
 		}