diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Packages/USER-PLUMED.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Packages/USER-PLUMED.cmake
index 8719e8179d..e71542cfc5 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/Packages/USER-PLUMED.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/Packages/USER-PLUMED.cmake
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ if(DOWNLOAD_PLUMED)
     set(PLUMED_BUILD_BYPRODUCTS "<INSTALL_DIR>/lib/libplumedWrapper.a")
   endif()
 
-  set(PLUMED_URL "https://github.com/plumed/plumed2/releases/download/v2.7.0/plumed-src-2.7.0.tgz" CACHE STRING "URL for PLUMED tarball")
-  set(PLUMED_MD5 "95f29dd0c067577f11972ff90dfc7d12" CACHE STRING "MD5 checksum of PLUMED tarball")
+  set(PLUMED_URL "https://github.com/plumed/plumed2/releases/download/v2.7.1/plumed-src-2.7.1.tgz" CACHE STRING "URL for PLUMED tarball")
+  set(PLUMED_MD5 "4eac6a462ec84dfe0cec96c82421b8e8" CACHE STRING "MD5 checksum of PLUMED tarball")
+
   mark_as_advanced(PLUMED_URL)
   mark_as_advanced(PLUMED_MD5)
 
diff --git a/lib/plumed/Install.py b/lib/plumed/Install.py
index c11d5bfee9..e3858b39d3 100644
--- a/lib/plumed/Install.py
+++ b/lib/plumed/Install.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ parser = ArgumentParser(prog='Install.py',
 
 # settings
 
-version = "2.7.0"
+version = "2.7.1"
 mode = "static"
 
 # help message
@@ -47,9 +47,12 @@ checksums = { \
         '2.5.2' : 'bd2f18346c788eb54e1e52f4f6acf41a', \
         '2.5.3' : 'de30d6e7c2dcc0973298e24a6da24286', \
         '2.5.4' : 'f31b7d16a4be2e30aa7d5c19c3d37853', \
+        '2.5.7' : '1ca36226fdb8110b1009aa61d615d4e5', \
         '2.6.0' : '204d2edae58d9b10ba3ad460cad64191', \
         '2.6.1' : '89a9a450fc6025299fe16af235957163', \
+        '2.6.3' : 'a9f8028fd74528c2024781ea1fdefeee', \
         '2.7.0' : '95f29dd0c067577f11972ff90dfc7d12', \
+        '2.7.1' : '4eac6a462ec84dfe0cec96c82421b8e8', \
         }
 
 # parse and process arguments