diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 13d9bbf..780fb2f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* Thu Jul 23 2020 Jeanne Greulich <jeanne.greulich@onyxpoint.com> - 7.1.1-0
+- update the upper bound of simplib for SIMP 6.5 release
+
 * Fri Aug 02 2019 Robert Vincent <pillarsdotnet@gmail.com> - 7.1.0-0
 - Drop Puppet 4 support
 - Add Puppet 6 support
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index bcb1e30..d2c3518 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "simp-vnc",
-  "version": "7.1.0",
+  "version": "7.1.1",
   "author": "SIMP Team",
   "summary": "Manages VNC",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "simp/simplib",
-      "version_requirement": ">= 3.1.0 < 4.0.0"
+      "version_requirement": ">= 3.1.0 < 5.0.0"
     },
     {
       "name": "simp/xinetd",