diff --git a/xblocks_contrib/__init__.py b/xblocks_contrib/__init__.py
index 1fc7ce9d..33a8680c 100644
--- a/xblocks_contrib/__init__.py
+++ b/xblocks_contrib/__init__.py
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 from .video import VideoBlock
 from .word_cloud import WordCloudBlock
 
-__version__ = "0.7.0"
+__version__ = "0.7.1"
diff --git a/xblocks_contrib/common/__init__.py b/xblocks_contrib/common/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b