diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f0bf9f86..5a318f80 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
   "pkgs/sdk/client": "5.5.3",
   "pkgs/telemetry": "1.3.0",
   "pkgs/sdk/server-ai": "0.9.1",
-  "pkgs/shared/common": "7.1.0",
+  "pkgs/shared/common": "7.1.1",
   "pkgs/shared/common-json-net": "7.0.2"
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/shared/common/CHANGELOG.md b/pkgs/shared/common/CHANGELOG.md
index 2d47dee6..3efed5d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/shared/common/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/pkgs/shared/common/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to `LaunchDarkly.CommonSdk` will be documented in this file. For full release notes for the projects that depend on this project, see their respective changelogs. This file describes changes only to the common code. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+## [7.1.1](https://github.com/launchdarkly/dotnet-core/compare/LaunchDarkly.CommonSdk-v7.1.0...LaunchDarkly.CommonSdk-v7.1.1) (2025-09-26)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Add validation format check for SDK key ([#163](https://github.com/launchdarkly/dotnet-core/issues/163)) ([02c6ed7](https://github.com/launchdarkly/dotnet-core/commit/02c6ed793f1984cce878f0c53667476533acb896))
+
 ## [7.1.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/dotnet-core/compare/LaunchDarkly.CommonSdk-v7.0.1...LaunchDarkly.CommonSdk-v7.1.0) (2025-07-10)
 
 
diff --git a/pkgs/shared/common/src/LaunchDarkly.CommonSdk.csproj b/pkgs/shared/common/src/LaunchDarkly.CommonSdk.csproj
index 71450767..a74fd8e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/shared/common/src/LaunchDarkly.CommonSdk.csproj
+++ b/pkgs/shared/common/src/LaunchDarkly.CommonSdk.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!--x-release-please-start-version-->
-    <Version>7.1.0</Version>
+    <Version>7.1.1</Version>
     <!--x-release-please-end-->
     <!-- The BUILDFRAMEWORKS variable allows us to override the target frameworks with a
      single framework that we are testing; this allows us to test with older SDK