diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 924a51f..f465bae 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.1.70"
+  ".": "0.1.71"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 324e2cb..5f55fa9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.1.71](https://github.com/shelltime/cli/compare/v0.1.70...v0.1.71) (2026-02-20)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **daemon:** prevent git index.lock conflicts during background polling ([3f94286](https://github.com/shelltime/cli/commit/3f9428640d6899cfa8f17e86c693a084a61611a2))
+
 ## [0.1.70](https://github.com/shelltime/cli/compare/v0.1.69...v0.1.70) (2026-02-15)