diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/548.miscellaneous.md b/doc/changelog.d/548.miscellaneous.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cec2f41a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/548.miscellaneous.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Maint: bump ansys-mapdl-core from 0.70.2 to 0.71.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5df5f60a..453d03b4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 tests = [
-    "ansys-mapdl-core==0.70.2",
+    "ansys-mapdl-core==0.71.0",
     "numpy==2.2.6",
     "scipy==1.15.3",
     "pyansys-tools-report==0.8.2",