diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e9b29f117..be5a07137 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Bullet Collision Detection and Physics Library version 2.70
+Bullet Collision Detection and Physics Library version 2.71
 http://bullet.googlecode.com
diff --git a/src/LinearMath/btScalar.h b/src/LinearMath/btScalar.h
index 6447a1431..1fee626d0 100644
--- a/src/LinearMath/btScalar.h
+++ b/src/LinearMath/btScalar.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ subject to the following restrictions:
 #include <cfloat>
 #include <float.h>
 
-#define BT_BULLET_VERSION 270
+#define BT_BULLET_VERSION 271
 
 inline int	btGetVersion()
 {