Version bump to 1.7.1 and changelog update

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Release History
 
+### 1.7.1 (2023-03-24)
+#### Key Bug Fixes
+* Fixed issue in Sink Converter when using `AvroConverter`. [PR 503](https://github.com/microsoft/kafka-connect-cosmosdb/pull/503)
+
 ### 1.7.0 (2023-03-17)
 #### New Features
 * Updated `azure-cosmos` version to 4.41.0.

pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.azure.cosmos.kafka</groupId>
     <artifactId>kafka-connect-cosmos</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.0</version>
+    <version>1.7.1</version>
 
     <name> kafka-connect-cosmos</name>
     <url>https://github.com/microsoft/kafka-connect-cosmosdb</url>