diff --git a/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml b/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml
index 7312a124..db4a4a19 100644
--- a/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml
+++ b/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+- commits:
+    - subject: 'fix: Rework delete-then-download handling in state engine'
+      hash: e9b51bbcd741fd65851190e73428d00ab18f7443
+      body: |
+        In the original implementation it was possible that the delete did not
+        wait for the kill step to be finished, so it would not be deleted.
+
+        We seperate this process into two steps, to allow for the container to
+        have stopped before proceeding.
+      footer:
+        Change-type: patch
+        change-type: patch
+        Closes: '#841'
+        closes: '#841'
+        Signed-off-by: Cameron Diver <cameron@balena.io>
+        signed-off-by: Cameron Diver <cameron@balena.io>
+      author: Cameron Diver
+  version: 9.7.1
+  date: 2019-02-06T11:41:48.551Z
 - commits:
     - subject: Make the failure backoff time the same as the appUpdatePollTime
       hash: 828a0fc345a5dad567730dfe5a717dd7da305853
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6206d115..dfd40c03 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file
 automatically by Versionist. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE MANUALLY!
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## 9.7.1 - 2019-02-06
+
+* Fix: Rework delete-then-download handling in state engine [Cameron Diver]
+
 ## 9.7.0 - 2019-02-05
 
 * Make the failure backoff time the same as the appUpdatePollTime [Cameron Diver]
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fe2dacc1..79f3427b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "balena-supervisor",
   "description": "This is balena's Supervisor, a program that runs on IoT devices and has the task of running user Apps (which are Docker containers), and updating them as the balena API informs it to.",
-  "version": "9.7.0",
+  "version": "9.7.1",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",