diff --git a/Changelog.txt b/Changelog.txt
index 925f95f942..0ff985981a 100644
--- a/Changelog.txt
+++ b/Changelog.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 
 - Edit book: Preview panel: In dark mode when all of the background/foreground/link colors are set to "No change" do not render the book using dark colors
 
+- Version 6.7.1 fixes a regression in the previous release that broke the delete specific format from book function
+
 :: improved recipes
 - The Athletic
 - der Standard
diff --git a/src/calibre/constants.py b/src/calibre/constants.py
index cc121c6997..d2a71ec4df 100644
--- a/src/calibre/constants.py
+++ b/src/calibre/constants.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from functools import lru_cache
 import sys, locale, codecs, os, collections, collections.abc
 
 __appname__   = 'calibre'
-numeric_version = (6, 7, 0)
+numeric_version = (6, 7, 1)
 __version__   = '.'.join(map(str, numeric_version))
 git_version   = None
 __author__    = "Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>"