diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 789ca28d..1d5a3bc4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@op-engineering/op-sqlite",
-  "version": "7.0.5",
+  "version": "7.1.0",
   "description": "Next generation SQLite for React Native",
   "main": "lib/commonjs/index",
   "module": "lib/module/index",
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index 15e699a6..b5bce55e 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 set -ex
 
-cd ..
-npm --no-git-tag-version version patch
+# cd ..
+npm --no-git-tag-version version $1
 VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
 echo "Releasing $VERSION"
 git add .