Release v1.7.1

PiperOrigin-RevId: 951047431

Author: andyl7an

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ To release a new version (e.g. from `1.0.0` -> `2.0.0`):
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.7.1] - 2026-07-20
+
 *   Enable `MeridianEDA._generate_prior_specifications_card` and
     `MeridianEDA.plot_prior_mean` for national models.
 *   Fix `ValueError: Interval length between selected times must be consistent`
@@ -521,4 +523,5 @@ To release a new version (e.g. from `1.0.0` -> `2.0.0`):
 [1.6.1]: https://github.com/google/meridian/releases/tag/v1.6.1
 [1.6.2]: https://github.com/google/meridian/releases/tag/v1.6.2
 [1.7.0]: https://github.com/google/meridian/releases/tag/v1.7.0
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/google/meridian/compare/v1.7.0...HEAD
+[1.7.1]: https://github.com/google/meridian/releases/tag/v1.7.1
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/google/meridian/compare/v1.7.1...HEAD

README.md

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ To cite this repository:
   author = {Google Meridian Marketing Mix Modeling Team},
   title = {Meridian: Marketing Mix Modeling},
   url = {https://github.com/google/meridian},
-  version = {1.7.0},
+  version = {1.7.1},
   year = {2026},
 }
 ```

meridian/version.py

@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 """Module for Meridian version."""
 
-__version__ = "1.7.0"
+__version__ = "1.7.1"