diff --git a/roles/smokeping_prober/defaults/main.yml b/roles/smokeping_prober/defaults/main.yml
index 1c29686cc..6a318096d 100644
--- a/roles/smokeping_prober/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/smokeping_prober/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-smokeping_prober_version: 0.7.0
+smokeping_prober_version: 0.7.1
 smokeping_prober_binary_local_dir: ""
 smokeping_prober_binary_url: "https://github.com/{{ _smokeping_prober_repo }}/releases/download/v{{ smokeping_prober_version }}/\
                            smokeping_prober-{{ smokeping_prober_version }}.linux-{{ go_arch }}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/roles/smokeping_prober/meta/argument_specs.yml b/roles/smokeping_prober/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 2ac2349be..4bca382e3 100644
--- a/roles/smokeping_prober/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/roles/smokeping_prober/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ argument_specs:
     options:
       smokeping_prober_version:
         description: "Smokeping Prober package version. Also accepts latest as parameter."
-        default: "1.1.2"
+        default: "0.7.1"
       smokeping_prober_skip_install:
         description: "Smokeping Prober installation tasks gets skipped when set to true."
         type: bool