diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d8502793..917ac7b6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pineappl"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.7.1-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "arrayvec",
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pineappl_applgrid"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.7.1-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "cxx",
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pineappl_capi"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.7.1-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "itertools",
  "pineappl",
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pineappl_cli"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.7.1-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_cmd",
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pineappl_fastnlo"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.7.1-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "cxx",
  "cxx-build",
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pineappl_py"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.7.1-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "itertools",
  "ndarray",
@@ -1707,7 +1707,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "xtask"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.7.1-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e00dafcc..50ea8c10 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ keywords = ["high-energy-physics", "physics"]
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
 repository = "https://github.com/NNPDF/pineappl"
 rust-version = "1.70.0"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.7.1-rc.1"
 
 [profile.release]
 codegen-units = 1
diff --git a/pineappl_capi/Cargo.toml b/pineappl_capi/Cargo.toml
index 31bf0f81..a8b103e1 100644
--- a/pineappl_capi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pineappl_capi/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 version.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-pineappl = { path = "../pineappl", version = "=0.7.0" }
+pineappl = { path = "../pineappl", version = "=0.7.1-rc.1" }
 itertools = "0.10.1"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/pineappl_cli/Cargo.toml b/pineappl_cli/Cargo.toml
index 77a6c652..9bfaebd2 100644
--- a/pineappl_cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pineappl_cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ lhapdf = "0.2.1"
 lz4_flex = { optional = true, version = "0.9.2" }
 ndarray = "0.15.4"
 ndarray-npy = { optional = true, version = "0.8.1" }
-pineappl = { path = "../pineappl", version = "=0.7.0" }
-pineappl_applgrid = { optional = true, path = "../pineappl_applgrid", version = "=0.7.0" }
-pineappl_fastnlo = { optional = true, path = "../pineappl_fastnlo", version = "=0.7.0" }
+pineappl = { path = "../pineappl", version = "=0.7.1-rc.1" }
+pineappl_applgrid = { optional = true, path = "../pineappl_applgrid", version = "=0.7.1-rc.1" }
+pineappl_fastnlo = { optional = true, path = "../pineappl_fastnlo", version = "=0.7.1-rc.1" }
 prettytable-rs = { default-features = false, features = ["win_crlf"], version = "0.10.0" }
 rayon = "1.5.1"
 serde = { features = ["derive"], optional = true, version = "1.0.130" }
diff --git a/pineappl_py/Cargo.toml b/pineappl_py/Cargo.toml
index 0f642a92..1834aae8 100644
--- a/pineappl_py/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pineappl_py/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 itertools = "0.10.1"
 ndarray = "0.15.4"
 numpy = "0.20.0"
-pineappl = { path = "../pineappl", version = "=0.7.0" }
+pineappl = { path = "../pineappl", version = "=0.7.1-rc.1" }
 pyo3 = { features = ["extension-module"], version = "0.20.0" }
diff --git a/xtask/Cargo.toml b/xtask/Cargo.toml
index a1175597..069886b7 100644
--- a/xtask/Cargo.toml
+++ b/xtask/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ clap_mangen = "0.2.18"
 enum_dispatch = "0.3.7"
 #git2 = "0.17.2"
 #semver = "1.0.17"
-pineappl_cli = { path = "../pineappl_cli", version = "=0.7.0" }
+pineappl_cli = { path = "../pineappl_cli", version = "=0.7.1-rc.1" }