diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bb6d15999..301e6a3e8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+## 2025-01-10 RELEASE 7.1.2
+
+A minor release that bumped up a few dev dependencies and achieved a few small but notable improvements, particularly with longturtle sorting:
+
+Feature PRs:
+
+* [PR #2963](https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib/pull/2963) Big typing updates
+* [PR #2964](https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib/pull/2964) Defined Namesapce warnings fix
+* [PR #2971](https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib/pull/2971) convert uses of Optional and some Union usage to union operator |
+* [PR #2989](https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib/pull/2989) Fixed incorrect ASK behaviour for dataset with one element
+* [PR #2997](https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib/pull/2997) sort longturtle blank nodes
+* [PR #3008](https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib/pull/3008) deterministic longturtle serialisation using RDF canonicalization + n-triples sort
+* [PR #3012](https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib/pull/3012) Dataset documentation improvements
+
+Dependency bumps:
+
+* ruff from 0.71 -> 0.8.6
+* orjson  3.10.10 -> 
+* pytest-cov to 6.0.0
+* coverage to 7.6.10
+* pytest to 8.3.4
+* poetry to 2.0.0
+
 ## 2024-10-17 RELEASE 7.1.1
 
 This minor release removes the dependency on some only Python packages, in particular 
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 7fdc7267a..88ae8274d 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ authors:
 - family-names: "Stuart"
   given-names: "Veyndan"
 title: "RDFLib"
-version: 7.1.1
-date-released: 2024-10-28
+version: 7.1.2
+date-released: 2025-01-10
 url: "https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib"
 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.6845245
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a5b9c9ff2..ee7192265 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,12 +44,13 @@ Help with maintenance of all of the RDFLib family of packages is always welcome
 ## Versions & Releases
 
 * `main` branch in this repository is the unstable release
-* `7.1.1` current stable release, bugfixes to 7.1.0
-* `7.0.0` previous stable release, supports Python 3.8.1+ only.
-    * see [Releases](https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib/releases)
+* `7.1.2` current stable release, small improvements on to 7.1.1
+* `7.1.1` previous stable release
+    * see <https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib/releases/tag/7.1.1>
 * `6.x.y` supports Python 3.7+ only. Many improvements over 5.0.0
-    * see [Releases](https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib/releases)
+    * see <https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib/releases/tag/6.3.2>
 * `5.x.y` supports Python 2.7 and 3.4+ and is [mostly backwards compatible with 4.2.2](https://rdflib.readthedocs.io/en/stable/upgrade4to5.html).
+  * * see <https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib/releases/tag/5.0.0>
 
 See <https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib/releases/> for the release details.
 
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ Some features of RDFLib require optional dependencies which may be installed usi
 Alternatively manually download the package from the Python Package
 Index (PyPI) at https://pypi.python.org/pypi/rdflib
 
-The current version of RDFLib is 7.1.1, see the ``CHANGELOG.md`` file for what's new in this release.
+The current version of RDFLib is 7.1.2, see the ``CHANGELOG.md`` file for what's new in this release.
 
 ### Installation of the current main branch (for developers)
 
diff --git a/admin/get_merged_prs.py b/admin/get_merged_prs.py
index ddee02fb4..53294bda1 100644
--- a/admin/get_merged_prs.py
+++ b/admin/get_merged_prs.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import urllib.request
 
 # https://api.github.com/search/issues?q=repo:rdflib/rdflib+is:pr+merged:%3E=2023-08-02&per_page=300&page=1
-LAST_RELEASE_DATE = "2024-10-17"
+LAST_RELEASE_DATE = "2024-10-29"
 ISSUES_URL = "https://api.github.com/search/issues"
 ITEMS = []
 PAGE = 1
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 4aba4664f..be6a5be8d 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = "rdflib"
-copyright = "2009 - 2024, RDFLib Team"
+copyright = "2002 - 2025, RDFLib Team"
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4aaec4c89..b3c3e3ac3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "rdflib"
-version = "8.0.0a0"
+version = "7.1.2"
 description = """RDFLib is a Python library for working with RDF, \
 a simple yet powerful language for representing information."""
 authors = [{ name = "Daniel 'eikeon' Krech", email = "eikeon@eikeon.com" }]
diff --git a/rdflib/__init__.py b/rdflib/__init__.py
index 843b614e4..934da5f47 100644
--- a/rdflib/__init__.py
+++ b/rdflib/__init__.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 __docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
 
 __version__: str = _DISTRIBUTION_METADATA["Version"]
-__date__ = "2024-10-28"
+__date__ = "2025-01-10"
 
 __all__ = [
     "URIRef",