diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0a7b93fd..875ae573 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [2.7.1]
 ### Added
 ### Changed
 ### Deprecated
 ### Removed
 ### Fixed
+- Fix `indices.put_alias` parameter order regression ([#804](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/804))
 ### Security
 
 ## [2.7.0]
@@ -24,7 +25,6 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Fixed the use of `minimum_should_match` with `Bool` to allow the use of string-based value (percent string, combination). ([#780](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/780))
 - Fixed incorrect `retry_on_conflict` type ([#795](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/795))
 ### Updated APIs
-- Updated opensearch-py APIs to reflect [opensearch-api-specification@b28c1cf](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-api-specification/commit/b28c1cfaf4a76d786c789929eaa7fabffd09cb99)
 - Updated opensearch-py APIs to reflect [opensearch-api-specification@9d3bc34](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-api-specification/commit/9d3bc340ccd7d049e7d6e14a4aff2293780cb446)
 ### Security
 ### Dependencies
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 ### Security
 
 [Unreleased]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/compare/v2.6.0...HEAD
+[2.7.1]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/compare/v2.7.0...v2.7.1
 [2.7.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/compare/v2.6.0...v2.7.0
 [2.6.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/compare/v2.5.0...v2.6.0
 [2.5.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/compare/v2.4.2...v2.5.0
diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index bb2f3536..656c81ac 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Repositories create consistent release labels, such as `v1.0.0`, `v1.1.0` and `v
 
 The release process is standard across repositories in this org and is run by a release manager volunteering from amongst [maintainers](MAINTAINERS.md).
 
-1. Update the version in [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md), [_version.py](opensearchpy/_version.py) and [unified-release.yml](.github/workflows/unified-release.yml), make a pull request and have it merged. See [example](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/799).
+1. Change `Unreleased` to the version being released and add a link to its diff in [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md), check version in [_version.py](opensearchpy/_version.py) and [unified-release.yml](.github/workflows/unified-release.yml), make a pull request and have it merged. See [example](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/799).
 2. Check out the [upstream repo](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py), make sure it's up-to-date with `git pull origin main`, create a tag, e.g. `git tag v2.1.0`, and push it to GitHub with `git push origin --tags`.
 3. The [release-drafter#draft-a-release](.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml) workflow will be automatically kicked off and a draft release will be created along with a release issue that requires approval from another maintainer. See [example](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/issues/801).
 4. The [release-drafter#pypi-publish](.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml) workflow will publish the release to [PyPi](https://pypi.org/project/opensearch-py/).