diff --git a/data/grampsxml.dtd b/data/grampsxml.dtd
index 3e4a91978..15128fd4a 100644
--- a/data/grampsxml.dtd
+++ b/data/grampsxml.dtd
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@
 -->
 
 <!--
-    This is the Document Type Definition file for v1.7.0
+    This is the Document Type Definition file for v1.7.1
     of the GRAMPS XML genealogy data format.
     Please use the following formal public identifier to identify it:
 
-    "-//GRAMPS//DTD GRAMPS XML V1.7.0//EN"
+    "-//GRAMPS//DTD GRAMPS XML V1.7.1//EN"
 
     For example:
-        <!DOCTYPE database PUBLIC "-//GRAMPS//DTD GRAMPS XML V1.7.0//EN"
-                "http://gramps-project.org/xml/1.7.0/grampsxml.dtd"
+        <!DOCTYPE database PUBLIC "-//GRAMPS//DTD GRAMPS XML V1.7.1//EN"
+                "http://gramps-project.org/xml/1.7.1/grampsxml.dtd"
                 [...]>
 -->
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ DATABASE
 <!ELEMENT database (header, name-formats?, tags?, events?, people?, families?,
                     citations?, sources?, places?, objects?, repositories?,
                     notes?, bookmarks?, namemaps?)>
-<!ATTLIST database xmlns CDATA #FIXED "http://gramps-project.org/xml/1.7.0/">
+<!ATTLIST database xmlns CDATA #FIXED "http://gramps-project.org/xml/1.7.1/">
 
 
 <!--    ************************************************************
diff --git a/data/grampsxml.rng b/data/grampsxml.rng
index da5749513..4888d331f 100644
--- a/data/grampsxml.rng
+++ b/data/grampsxml.rng
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 <grammar
   datatypeLibrary="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes"  
-  ns="http://gramps-project.org/xml/1.7.0/"
+  ns="http://gramps-project.org/xml/1.7.1/"
   xmlns="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0">
 
   <start><element name="database">
diff --git a/example/gramps/data.gramps b/example/gramps/data.gramps
index 87876d730..176bda8e6 100644
--- a/example/gramps/data.gramps
+++ b/example/gramps/data.gramps
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE database PUBLIC "-//Gramps//DTD Gramps XML 1.7.0//EN"
-"http://gramps-project.org/xml/1.7.0/grampsxml.dtd">
-<database xmlns="http://gramps-project.org/xml/1.7.0/">
+<!DOCTYPE database PUBLIC "-//Gramps//DTD Gramps XML 1.7.1//EN"
+"http://gramps-project.org/xml/1.7.1/grampsxml.dtd">
+<database xmlns="http://gramps-project.org/xml/1.7.1/">
   <header>
     <created date="2015-07-04" version="4.2.0"/>
     <researcher>
diff --git a/example/gramps/example.gramps b/example/gramps/example.gramps
index 286109d6a..b2433a548 100644
--- a/example/gramps/example.gramps
+++ b/example/gramps/example.gramps
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE database PUBLIC "-//Gramps//DTD Gramps XML 1.7.0//EN"
-"http://gramps-project.org/xml/1.7.0/grampsxml.dtd">
-<database xmlns="http://gramps-project.org/xml/1.7.0/">
+<!DOCTYPE database PUBLIC "-//Gramps//DTD Gramps XML 1.7.1//EN"
+"http://gramps-project.org/xml/1.7.1/grampsxml.dtd">
+<database xmlns="http://gramps-project.org/xml/1.7.1/">
   <header>
     <created date="2015-07-04" version="4.2.0"/>
     <researcher>
diff --git a/gramps/plugins/lib/libgrampsxml.py b/gramps/plugins/lib/libgrampsxml.py
index 63316b32c..1b9928a44 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/lib/libgrampsxml.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/lib/libgrampsxml.py
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@
 # Public Constants
 #
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
-GRAMPS_XML_VERSION_TUPLE = (1, 7, 0) # version for Gramps 4.2
+GRAMPS_XML_VERSION_TUPLE = (1, 7, 1) # version for Gramps 4.2
 GRAMPS_XML_VERSION = '.'.join(str(i) for i in GRAMPS_XML_VERSION_TUPLE)