diff --git a/news/20230315084131.bugfix b/news/20230315084131.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbf231b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/20230315084131.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Dependency upgrade: spdx-tools-0.7.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d628d2d..764aca4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
         "boto3",
         "packaging",
         "licenseheaders<0.8.9",
-        "spdx-tools==0.6.1",
+        "spdx-tools==0.7.1",
         "license-expression",
         "wcmatch",
         "jellyfish",