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 90998e2..1978b27 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.7.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-shell/compare/v1.7.0...v1.7.1) (2023-03-23)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Fix formatting of request arg in docstring ([#164](https://github.com/googleapis/python-shell/issues/164)) ([a4751ad](https://github.com/googleapis/python-shell/commit/a4751adef57a187b13bdb0605cf09394c4c1adc9))
+
 ## [1.7.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-shell/compare/v1.6.1...v1.7.0) (2023-02-09)
 
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/shell/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/shell/gapic_version.py
index f033c61..84856f0 100644
--- a/google/cloud/shell/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/shell/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "1.7.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "1.7.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/shell_v1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/shell_v1/gapic_version.py
index f033c61..84856f0 100644
--- a/google/cloud/shell_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/shell_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "1.7.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "1.7.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.shell.v1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.shell.v1.json
index 3389a15..1144a5c 100644
--- a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.shell.v1.json
+++ b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.shell.v1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-shell",
-    "version": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "1.7.1"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {