diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index b20a930..cbbc4d4 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [1.7.1] - 2022/03/10
+### Changed
+- [DCAEGEN2-3104] Fix application startup
+
 ## [1.7.0] - 2022/02/14
 ### Changed
 - [DCAEGEN2-3041] Spring version bump from 5.3.6 to 5.3.14
diff --git a/datafile-app-server/pom.xml b/datafile-app-server/pom.xml
index 4e46271..c8a0e64 100644
--- a/datafile-app-server/pom.xml
+++ b/datafile-app-server/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.dcaegen2.collectors</groupId>
         <artifactId>datafile</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.onap.dcaegen2.collectors.datafile</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c857d7e..512c9b6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.onap.dcaegen2.collectors</groupId>
     <artifactId>datafile</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <name>dcaegen2-collectors.datafile</name>
     <description>datafile collector</description>
@@ -214,6 +214,11 @@
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
+                <version>${spring.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
                 <artifactId>mockito-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
                 <version>${mockito.version}</version>
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index f65a6ce..35cb39c 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 major=1
 minor=7
-patch=0
+patch=1
 base_version=${major}.${minor}.${patch}
 release_version=${base_version}
 snapshot_version=${base_version}-SNAPSHOT