diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 81b50c8c..52797690 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: odbc
 Title: Connect to ODBC Compatible Databases (using the DBI Interface)
-Version: 1.7.0.9000
+Version: 1.7.1
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Jim", "Hester", role = "aut"),
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", , "hadley@posit.co", role = c("aut", "cre")),
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index b73174e3..c16d4d2a 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -90,4 +90,5 @@ importFrom(blob,blob)
 importFrom(hms,hms)
 importFrom(lifecycle,deprecated)
 importFrom(utils,packageVersion)
+importFrom(vctrs,list_of)
 useDynLib(odbc, .registration = TRUE)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 0263157a..a7349e49 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# odbc (development version)
+# odbc 1.7.1
 
 * `databricks()` driver auto-detection now recognizes the Windows driver
   name `Databricks ODBC Driver`.
diff --git a/R/odbc-package.R b/R/odbc-package.R
index 4ca2e815..43f0f684 100644
--- a/R/odbc-package.R
+++ b/R/odbc-package.R
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 #' @importFrom hms hms
 #' @importFrom lifecycle deprecated
 #' @importFrom Rcpp sourceCpp
+# this one is just for the purposes of quieting the R CMD check NOTE,
+# which doesn't seem to recognize our vctrs use in setMethod
+#' @importFrom vctrs list_of
 #' @useDynLib odbc, .registration = TRUE
 ## usethis namespace: end
 NULL
diff --git a/vignettes/develop.Rmd b/vignettes/develop.Rmd
index 90cca1e9..71b81811 100644
--- a/vignettes/develop.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/develop.Rmd
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ sudo docker run \
 
 The `--platform` tag is correct for M1; if you see `Status: Exited (1)` in Docker Desktop or a warning about incompatible architectures, navigate to `Settings > General` and ensure that `Use Rosetta for x86/amd64 emulation on Apple Silicon` is checked.
 
-To connect via odbc, we need to pass the UID and PWD via the connection string; configuring those arguments via `odbc.ini` is [not permitted](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42387084/sql-server-odbc-driver-linux-username). With the container deployed as above, the connection arguments would be:
+To connect via odbc, we need to pass the UID and PWD via the connection string; configuring those arguments via `odbc.ini` is not permitted (`https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42387084/sql-server-odbc-driver-linux-username`). With the container deployed as above, the connection arguments would be:
 
 ```r
 con <- dbConnect(