diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8d66b448d..f4b6dd014 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 
+## 0.7.1
+
+**Release date:** 2021-01-26
+
+This prerelease adds `*Kind` string constants for the kind objects
+exposed by the API to further normalise it to GitOps Toolkit standards.
+
+Improvements
+* Add kinds to API types
+  [#131](https://github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/pull/131)
+
 ## 0.7.0
 
 **Release date:** 2021-01-22
diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index 8aebf4d32..67f21ba59 100644
--- a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ resources:
 images:
   - name: fluxcd/notification-controller
     newName: fluxcd/notification-controller
-    newTag: v0.7.0
+    newTag: v0.7.1
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 69005730d..8c86917b0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ replace github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api => ./api
 
 require (
 	github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api v0.4.1
-	github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api v0.7.0
+	github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api v0.7.1
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v0.7.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/recorder v0.0.6
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime v0.8.0