diff --git a/.github/release_please/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release_please/.release-please-manifest.json
index e3778b2c1..1b77f506d 100644
--- a/.github/release_please/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release_please/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.6.2"
+  ".": "0.7.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e37d34133..e623ae059 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.7.0](https://github.com/zylon-ai/private-gpt/compare/v0.6.2...v0.7.0) (2024-09-16)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add retry connection to ollama ([#2084](https://github.com/zylon-ai/private-gpt/issues/2084)) ([77461b9](https://github.com/zylon-ai/private-gpt/commit/77461b96cf2e18b88b592fff441206a49826db97))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* naming image and ollama-cpu ([#2056](https://github.com/zylon-ai/private-gpt/issues/2056)) ([89477ea](https://github.com/zylon-ai/private-gpt/commit/89477ea9d3a83181b0222b732a81c71db9edf142))
+* Rectify ffmpy poetry config; update version from 0.3.2 to 0.4.0 ([#2062](https://github.com/zylon-ai/private-gpt/issues/2062)) ([7603b36](https://github.com/zylon-ai/private-gpt/commit/7603b3627d91aed1cce2e1ae407fec11ca1ad132))
+
 ## [0.6.2](https://github.com/zylon-ai/private-gpt/compare/v0.6.1...v0.6.2) (2024-08-08)
 
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index c2ef0f6d7..00fce4fa2 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ services:
   # Private-GPT service for the Ollama CPU and GPU modes
   # This service builds from an external Dockerfile and runs the Ollama mode.
   private-gpt-ollama:
-    image: ${PGPT_IMAGE:-zylonai/private-gpt}:${PGPT_TAG:-0.6.2}-ollama  # x-release-please-version
+    image: ${PGPT_IMAGE:-zylonai/private-gpt}:${PGPT_TAG:-0.7.0}-ollama  # x-release-please-version
     build:
       context: .
       dockerfile: Dockerfile.ollama
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ services:
   # Private-GPT service for the local mode
   # This service builds from a local Dockerfile and runs the application in local mode.
   private-gpt-llamacpp-cpu:
-    image: ${PGPT_IMAGE:-zylonai/private-gpt}:${PGPT_TAG:-0.6.2}-llamacpp-cpu # x-release-please-version
+    image: ${PGPT_IMAGE:-zylonai/private-gpt}:${PGPT_TAG:-0.7.0}-llamacpp-cpu # x-release-please-version
     build:
       context: .
       dockerfile: Dockerfile.llamacpp-cpu
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index da9fab80a..29c590f86 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "private-gpt"
-version = "0.6.2"
+version = "0.7.0"
 description = "Private GPT"
 authors = ["Zylon <hi@zylon.ai>"]
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index b61604874..faef31a43 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.6.2
+0.7.0