diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 55d064321b..4ac47360d8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+7.1.0-dev.2 | 2024-07-12 09:46:34 -0700
+
+  * Fix warning about grealpath when running 'make dist' on Linux (Tim Wojtulewicz, Corelight)
+
 7.0.0-dev.467 | 2024-07-11 12:14:52 -0700
 
   * Update the scripts.base.frameworks.telemetry.internal-metrics test (Christian Kreibich, Corelight)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5c0f8a4b97..394a77ab8e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ BUILD=build
 REPO=$$(cd $(CURDIR) && basename $$(git config --get remote.origin.url | sed 's/^[^:]*://g'))
 VERSION_FULL=$(REPO)-$$(cd $(CURDIR) && cat VERSION)
 GITDIR=$$(test -f .git && echo $$(cut -d" " -f2 .git) || echo .git)
-REALPATH=$$($$(realpath --relative-to=$(pwd) . >/dev/null 2>&1) && echo 'realpath' || echo 'grealpath')
+REALPATH=$$($$(realpath --relative-to=$(shell pwd) . >/dev/null 2>&1) && echo 'realpath' || echo 'grealpath')
 
 all: configured
 	$(MAKE) -C $(BUILD) $@
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 00b65bcfed..555aa1e850 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.1.0-dev.0
+7.1.0-dev.2