diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 64e0684..d0972da 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.7.0"
+  ".": "1.7.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 152c1d0..8632b84 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.7.1 (2026-04-22)
+
+Full Changelog: [v1.7.0...v1.7.1](https://github.com/sambanova/sambanova-python/compare/v1.7.0...v1.7.1)
+
+### Chores
+
+* **internal:** more robust bootstrap script ([128b4a4](https://github.com/sambanova/sambanova-python/commit/128b4a4d955288961d5cd1ee4bfdfd9fc110aecd))
+
 ## 1.7.0 (2026-04-21)
 
 Full Changelog: [v1.6.1...v1.7.0](https://github.com/sambanova/sambanova-python/compare/v1.6.1...v1.7.0)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 730e734..d2207c4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "sambanova"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.7.1"
 description = "The official Python library for the SambaNova API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap b/scripts/bootstrap
index 4638ec6..5a23841 100755
--- a/scripts/bootstrap
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -e
 
 cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
 
-if [ -f "Brewfile" ] && [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$SKIP_BREW" != "1" ] && [ -t 0 ]; then
+if [ -f "Brewfile" ] && [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "${SKIP_BREW:-}" != "1" ] && [ -t 0 ]; then
   brew bundle check >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
     echo -n "==> Install Homebrew dependencies? (y/N): "
     read -r response
diff --git a/src/sambanova/_version.py b/src/sambanova/_version.py
index 6a8df8c..6f88094 100644
--- a/src/sambanova/_version.py
+++ b/src/sambanova/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "sambanova"
-__version__ = "1.7.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "1.7.1"  # x-release-please-version