diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c072064d..3974af4e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # sqlite3-ruby Changelog
 
-## next / unreleased
+## 1.7.0 / 2023-12-27
 
 ### Ruby
 
diff --git a/lib/sqlite3/version.rb b/lib/sqlite3/version.rb
index 2b2c853e..edde7b80 100644
--- a/lib/sqlite3/version.rb
+++ b/lib/sqlite3/version.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 module SQLite3
 
-  VERSION = "1.6.9"
+  VERSION = "1.7.0"
 
   module VersionProxy
     MAJOR = 1
-    MINOR = 6
-    TINY  = 9
+    MINOR = 7
+    TINY  = 0
     BUILD = nil
 
     STRING = [ MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, BUILD ].compact.join( "." )