diff --git a/docs/README-release.md b/docs/README-release.md
index 5387d3a4..68212d30 100644
--- a/docs/README-release.md
+++ b/docs/README-release.md
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ Release Procedure for Caffeine
 6. Tag a release candidate. For example `git tag #.#.#-rc1`, then `git push origin #.#.#-rc1`
 7. Compel several people to manually validate the release candidate on systems of interest
    and with compilers and compiler versions listed in README
+    1. When possible, test both on shared and distributed memory systems.
+    2. When testing on Perlmutter, use the following steps:
+        1. Build source and tests on the login node using the desired compiler
+        2. Get a dedicated node: `salloc -t 10 -N 2 -n 8 -q interactive -A PROJECT_ID -C cpu`
+        3. Launch the parallel job to run the tests: `env SUBJOB_PREFIX=skip GASNET_SUPERNODE_MAXSIZE=2 CAF_IMAGES=8 build/run-fpm.sh test --verbose`
 8. Create annotated tag (only after release candidate has been checked by team members)
     For example `git tag -a #.#.# -m "release version #.#.#"`, then `git push origin #.#.#`
 9. Publish the release
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index a18f8b8d..22572c2d 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ EOF
 }
 
 GCC_VERSION=${GCC_VERSION:=14}
-GASNET_VERSION="2025.8.0"
+GASNET_VERSION="stable"
 VERBOSE=""
 GASNET_CONDUIT="${GASNET_CONDUIT:-smp}"
 
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ CAFFEINE_FPM_CFLAGS=$GASNET_CFLAGS $GASNET_CPPFLAGS
 Name: caffeine
 Description: Coarray Fortran parallel runtime library
 URL: https://gitlab.lbl.gov/berkeleylab/caffeine
-Version: 0.7.0
+Version: 0.7.1
 EOF
 
 exit_if_pkg_config_pc_file_missing "caffeine"
diff --git a/manifest/fpm.toml.template b/manifest/fpm.toml.template
index b86b8125..a76794a8 100644
--- a/manifest/fpm.toml.template
+++ b/manifest/fpm.toml.template
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name = "caffeine"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.7.1"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause-LBNL"
 author = ["Damian Rouson", "Brad Richardson", "Katherine Rasmussen", "Dan Bonachea"]
 maintainer = "fortran@lbl.gov"