diff --git a/featomic-torch/CHANGELOG.md b/featomic-torch/CHANGELOG.md
index 850d3de8b..865aa67c5 100644
--- a/featomic-torch/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/featomic-torch/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ a changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/) format. This project follows
 ### Removed
 -->
 
+## [Version 0.7.1](https://github.com/metatensor/featomic/releases/tag/featomic-torch-v0.7.1) - 2025-09-17
+
+- Added support for torch v2.8, and metatensor-torch v0.8.0
+
 ## [Version 0.7.0](https://github.com/metatensor/featomic/releases/tag/featomic-torch-v0.7.0) - 2025-05-22
 
 - featomic-torch now integrates with [metatomic-torch](https://github.com/metatensor/metatomic)
diff --git a/featomic-torch/VERSION b/featomic-torch/VERSION
index faef31a43..39e898a4f 100644
--- a/featomic-torch/VERSION
+++ b/featomic-torch/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.0
+0.7.1
diff --git a/featomic-torch/tests/cmake-project/CMakeLists.txt b/featomic-torch/tests/cmake-project/CMakeLists.txt
index 964947797..f71754892 100644
--- a/featomic-torch/tests/cmake-project/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/featomic-torch/tests/cmake-project/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ project(featomic-torch-test-cmake-project CXX)
 # We need to update the REQUIRED_FEATOMIC_VERSION in the same way we update the
 # featomic version for dev builds
 include(../../cmake/dev-versions.cmake)
-set(REQUIRED_FEATOMIC_TORCH_VERSION "0.7.0")
+set(REQUIRED_FEATOMIC_TORCH_VERSION "0.7.1")
 create_development_version("${REQUIRED_FEATOMIC_TORCH_VERSION}" FEATOMIC_TORCH_FULL_VERSION "featomic-torch-v")
 string(REGEX REPLACE "([0-9]*)\\.([0-9]*).*" "\\1.\\2" REQUIRED_FEATOMIC_TORCH_VERSION ${FEATOMIC_TORCH_FULL_VERSION})
 find_package(featomic_torch ${REQUIRED_FEATOMIC_TORCH_VERSION} REQUIRED)
diff --git a/python/featomic_torch/setup.py b/python/featomic_torch/setup.py
index ce4c6f861..895df9aba 100644
--- a/python/featomic_torch/setup.py
+++ b/python/featomic_torch/setup.py
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ def create_version_number(version):
         install_requires.append(f"featomic @ file://{FEATOMIC_PYTHON_SRC}")
     else:
         # we are building from a sdist/installing from a wheel
-        install_requires.append("featomic >=0.6.0,<0.7.0")
+        install_requires.append("featomic >=0.6.2,<0.7")
 
     setup(
         version=version,