diff --git a/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt b/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt
index 06ede204c0834d8eb1d62590269965ddb16e5cee..9d67d068bafef626e7133e9b982db97dbb777320 100644
--- a/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AnalysisBaseExternalsVersion = 2.0.70
+AnalysisBaseExternalsVersion = 2.0.71
diff --git a/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt b/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt
index b7f3b614e5364e3d68bbb9005c021efcd067a17d..17c59acee12654235430b571b70e830349996fd2 100644
--- a/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # an "origin/" prefix before it. For tags however this is explicitly
 # forbidden.
 
-AtlasExternalsVersion = 2.0.70
+AtlasExternalsVersion = 2.0.71
diff --git a/Projects/AthGeneration/externals.txt b/Projects/AthGeneration/externals.txt
index 89f6d7054b37d4fed56676844f3d8c8edb5a74e8..a02976e05e5cfbaec5d1b247293bdccf8cb7940a 100644
--- a/Projects/AthGeneration/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AthGeneration/externals.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AthGenerationExternalsVersion = 2.0.70
+AthGenerationExternalsVersion = 2.0.71
 
 # The version of atlas/Gaudi to use:
 GaudiVersion = v33r1.004
diff --git a/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt b/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt
index 3cf9a994d107c3f6f9182969c5fa0f13a98d9267..8ffb68a00141f9cde0676922747302edd971da89 100644
--- a/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AthSimulationExternalsVersion = 2.0.70
+AthSimulationExternalsVersion = 2.0.71
 
 # The version of atlas/Gaudi to use:
 GaudiVersion = v33r1.004
diff --git a/Projects/Athena/externals.txt b/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
index d2894d549dad4bb80d6770660abc3ed6f59b4b82..dc8b3c68f869d02aa151fb09d8a9f5c475342bf4 100644
--- a/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AthenaExternalsVersion = 2.0.70
+AthenaExternalsVersion = 2.0.71
 
 # The version of atlas/Gaudi to use:
 GaudiVersion = v33r1.004
diff --git a/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt b/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt
index 71b7e6156520ef0bbf4b6dbd5bd585fae4ce3e37..46aef434d6acd1ff66610c74937d544cba4fe295 100644
--- a/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-VP1LightExternalsVersion = 2.0.70
+VP1LightExternalsVersion = 2.0.71