diff --git a/isis/CMakeLists.txt b/isis/CMakeLists.txt
index 67a5f2181ad3138675a3b87a86da03dadd2574d9..7894c2608bd0d770b31a112902a0acba8be8b540 100644
--- a/isis/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/isis/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ set(PACKAGE            "ISIS")
 set(PACKAGE_NAME       "USGS ISIS")
 
 # Version number
-set(VERSION            "7.0.0")
+set(VERSION            "7.1.0")
 string(REPLACE "." ";" VERSION_LIST ${VERSION})
 list(GET VERSION_LIST 0 VERSION_MAJOR)
 list(GET VERSION_LIST 1 VERSION_MINOR)
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ set(PACKAGE_STRING     "${PACKAGE_NAME} ${VERSION}")
 
 # Other release information
 string(TIMESTAMP VERSION_DATE "%Y-%m-%d" UTC)
-set(RELEASE_STAGE             "alpha") # (alpha, beta, stable)
+set(RELEASE_STAGE             "beta") # (alpha, beta, stable)
 
 # Define to the address where bug reports for this package should be sent.
 set(PACKAGE_BUGREPORT  "https://github.com/USGS-Astrogeology/ISIS3/issues")
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index cac441359ac383e16c8a4e4872ed17e958051701..78b872219d346aff157b952e51d7b6a4f0a33958 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 #       A Public Release for ISIS3.6.1:                        {% set version = "3.6.1" %}
 #       A Release Candidate for ISIS3.6.1:                     {% set version = "3.6.1_RC" %}
 #       A custom build of ISIS3.6.1 for the CaSSIS mission:    {% set version = "3.6.1_cassis" %}
-{% set version = "dev" %}
+{% set version = "7.1.0_RC1" %}
+
 
 # This is the build number for the current version you are building. If this is the first build of
 # this version, the build number will be 0. It is incremented by 1 with every consecutive build of