diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index a34edc1581..ad38af5cfd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Changes to "0.14.0"
 Features
 """"""""
 
-- include internally shipped toml11 v3.7.0 #1148
+- include internally shipped toml11 v3.7.1 #1148 #1227
 - pybind11: require version 2.9.1+ #1220
 
 Bug Fixes
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c776fbc47a..17ec82d33d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -211,10 +211,11 @@ target_link_libraries(openPMD::thirdparty::nlohmann_json
 
 # external library: toml11
 if(openPMD_USE_INTERNAL_TOML11)
+    set(toml11_INSTALL OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
     add_subdirectory("${openPMD_SOURCE_DIR}/share/openPMD/thirdParty/toml11")
-    message(STATUS "toml11: Using INTERNAL version '3.7.0'")
+    message(STATUS "toml11: Using INTERNAL version '3.7.1'")
 else()
-    find_package(toml11 3.7.0 CONFIG REQUIRED)
+    find_package(toml11 3.7.1 CONFIG REQUIRED)
     message(STATUS "toml11: Found version '${toml11_VERSION}'")
 endif()
 add_library(openPMD::thirdparty::toml11 INTERFACE IMPORTED)
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index baf0caf8f8..264225f275 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Building openPMD-api now requires a compiler that supports C++17 or newer.
 ``MPark.Variant`` is not a dependency anymore (kudos and thanks for the great time!).
 
 Python 3.10 is now supported.
-openPMD-api now depends on `toml11 <https://github.com/ToruNiina/toml11>`__ 3.7.0+.
+openPMD-api now depends on `toml11 <https://github.com/ToruNiina/toml11>`__ 3.7.1+.
 pybind11 2.9.1 is now the minimally supported version for Python support.
 
 The following backend-specific members of the ``Dataset`` class have been removed: ``Dataset::setChunkSize()``, ``Dataset::setCompression()``, ``Dataset::setCustomTransform()``, ``Dataset::chunkSize``, ``Dataset::compression``, ``Dataset::transform``.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5710039873..eabdc58d10 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Shipped internally in `share/openPMD/thirdParty/`:
 * [Catch2](https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2) 2.13.4+ ([BSL-1.0](https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2/blob/master/LICENSE.txt))
 * [pybind11](https://github.com/pybind/pybind11) 2.9.1+ ([new BSD](https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/blob/master/LICENSE))
 * [NLohmann-JSON](https://github.com/nlohmann/json) 3.9.1+ ([MIT](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/blob/develop/LICENSE.MIT))
-* [toml11](https://github.com/ToruNiina/toml11) 3.7.0+ ([MIT](https://github.com/ToruNiina/toml11/blob/master/LICENSE))
+* [toml11](https://github.com/ToruNiina/toml11) 3.7.1+ ([MIT](https://github.com/ToruNiina/toml11/blob/master/LICENSE))
 
 I/O backends:
 * [JSON](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON)
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ The following options allow to switch to external installs:
 | `openPMD_USE_INTERNAL_CATCH`    | **ON**/OFF | Catch2        | 2.13.4+ |
 | `openPMD_USE_INTERNAL_PYBIND11` | **ON**/OFF | pybind11      |  2.9.1+ |
 | `openPMD_USE_INTERNAL_JSON`     | **ON**/OFF | NLohmann-JSON |  3.9.1+ |
-| `openPMD_USE_INTERNAL_TOML11`   | **ON**/OFF | toml11        |  3.7.0+ |
+| `openPMD_USE_INTERNAL_TOML11`   | **ON**/OFF | toml11        |  3.7.1+ |
 
 By default, this will build as a shared library (`libopenPMD.[so|dylib|dll]`) and installs also its headers.
 In order to build a static library, append `-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF` to the `cmake` command.
diff --git a/docs/source/dev/buildoptions.rst b/docs/source/dev/buildoptions.rst
index 61ee43e95e..d22b6117bf 100644
--- a/docs/source/dev/buildoptions.rst
+++ b/docs/source/dev/buildoptions.rst
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ CMake Option                      Values      Installs Library       Version
 ``openPMD_USE_INTERNAL_CATCH``    **ON**/OFF  No       Catch2         2.13.4+
 ``openPMD_USE_INTERNAL_PYBIND11`` **ON**/OFF  No       pybind11        2.9.1+
 ``openPMD_USE_INTERNAL_JSON``     **ON**/OFF  No       NLohmann-JSON   3.9.1+
-``openPMD_USE_INTERNAL_TOML11``   **ON**/OFF  No       toml11          3.7.0+
+``openPMD_USE_INTERNAL_TOML11``   **ON**/OFF  No       toml11          3.7.1+
 ================================= =========== ======== ============= ========
 
 
diff --git a/docs/source/dev/dependencies.rst b/docs/source/dev/dependencies.rst
index 01f80698a4..243b74649e 100644
--- a/docs/source/dev/dependencies.rst
+++ b/docs/source/dev/dependencies.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ The following libraries are shipped internally in ``share/openPMD/thirdParty/``
 * `Catch2 <https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2>`_ 2.13.4+ (`BSL-1.0 <https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2/blob/master/LICENSE.txt>`__)
 * `pybind11 <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11>`_ 2.9.1+ (`new BSD <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/blob/master/LICENSE>`_)
 * `NLohmann-JSON <https://github.com/nlohmann/json>`_ 3.9.1+ (`MIT <https://github.com/nlohmann/json/blob/develop/LICENSE.MIT>`_)
-* `toml11 <https://github.com/ToruNiina/toml11>`_ 3.7.0+ (`MIT <https://github.com/ToruNiina/toml11/blob/master/LICENSE>`__)
+* `toml11 <https://github.com/ToruNiina/toml11>`_ 3.7.1+ (`MIT <https://github.com/ToruNiina/toml11/blob/master/LICENSE>`__)
 
 Optional: I/O backends
 ----------------------