diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dfe7cb781..16236c5f9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.71.0](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg-v0.70.0...barretenberg-v0.71.0) (2025-01-17)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Reallocate commitment key to avoid pippenger error ([#11249](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/11249)) ([8fc2011](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/8fc2011fbe0e3545924898a53e851279b8cc0084))
+* Resolve misc bugs handling phases in avm witgen ([#11218](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/11218)) ([29bc4bd](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/29bc4bdd5b59ee1050951e0c143654ef3cdd25b0))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* **avm:** Calldata, returndata slices out of range padded with zeros ([#11265](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/11265)) ([a469c94](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/a469c94ccfa37723aa79f132e55c31ae7c4c6693)), closes [#10933](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/10933)
+* Move shared pcs functionality to internal library in solidity and small refactorings in sumcheck ([#11230](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/11230)) ([507ae9d](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/507ae9df9c369603da20f25ccc228729ee2733cd))
+
 ## [0.70.0](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg-v0.69.1...barretenberg-v0.70.0) (2025-01-15)
 
 
diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 4655156fd..eedeb4b47 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24 FATAL_ERROR)
 project(
     Barretenberg
     DESCRIPTION "BN254 elliptic curve library, and PLONK SNARK prover"
-    VERSION 0.70.0 # x-release-please-version
+    VERSION 0.71.0 # x-release-please-version
     LANGUAGES CXX C
 )
 # Insert version into `bb` config file
diff --git a/ts/CHANGELOG.md b/ts/CHANGELOG.md
index 869fac923..7e1d7ae53 100644
--- a/ts/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/ts/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.71.0](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg.js-v0.70.0...barretenberg.js-v0.71.0) (2025-01-17)
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* **barretenberg.js:** Synchronize aztec-packages versions
+
 ## [0.70.0](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg.js-v0.69.1...barretenberg.js-v0.70.0) (2025-01-15)
 
 
diff --git a/ts/package.json b/ts/package.json
index 087d35780..5512cb9a0 100644
--- a/ts/package.json
+++ b/ts/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@aztec/bb.js",
   "packageManager": "yarn@4.5.2",
-  "version": "0.70.0",
+  "version": "0.71.0",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/tree/master/barretenberg/ts",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",