diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8e7736c..812e044 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@
 /alembic-1.6.0.tar.gz
 /alembic-1.6.3.tar.gz
 /alembic-1.6.5.tar.gz
+/alembic-1.7.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-alembic.spec b/python-alembic.spec
index e416114..fd94167 100644
--- a/python-alembic.spec
+++ b/python-alembic.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 %global modname alembic
 
 Name:             python-alembic
-Version:          1.6.5
-Release:          2%{?dist}
+Version:          1.7.1
+Release:          1
 Summary:          Database migration tool for SQLAlchemy
 
 License:          MIT
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ BuildRequires:    python3-mock
 BuildRequires:    python3-dateutil
 BuildRequires:    python3-editor
 BuildRequires:    python3-pytest
+%if 0%{?rhel} == 8
+BuildRequires:    python3-importlib-resources
+%endif
 
 
 %global _description\
@@ -53,6 +56,9 @@ Requires:         python3-mako
 Requires:         python3-setuptools
 Requires:         python3-editor
 Requires:         python3-dateutil
+%if 0%{?rhel} == 8
+Requires:         python3-importlib-resources
+%endif
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-alembic}
 
 
@@ -102,6 +108,9 @@ py.test-3
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Sep 13 2021 Joel Capitao <jcapitao@redhat.com> - 1.7.1-1
+- Update to 1.7.1. Fixes rhbz#1999176
+
 * Fri Jul 23 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.6.5-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 8aa1db8..f18a120 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (alembic-1.6.5.tar.gz) = 8e5ce4bb41a47fb2c263d3542d7fd2dad04bd76b81a6a565fa93cef80a38a016944924b9eb57895ae71d7f8eef428bf440388444ef750bf281616e514a61c79b
+SHA512 (alembic-1.7.1.tar.gz) = 222a643363f89077b7d30068e0abeb8d8dc373778dd6e4364b559d8a63428f0fe3617505207f431c30a1bd43745dd95fd679dfb1401222f20068327805c2309c