diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b94de25..4fc48f8 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 ## Release notes
 
+### 1.7.0
+
+* [#49](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-document-layer/issues/49) Slow query logging
+* [#145](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-document-layer/pull/145) Added `connectionStatus` command
+* [#150](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-document-layer/pull/150) Removed explicit transactions. They will be added back with MongoDB v4.0 compatibility
+* [#151](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-document-layer/issues/151) Fixed `$addToSet` update operator to return `None` values properly with arrays
+* [#154](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-document-layer/pull/154) Better `update` command testing
+* [#161](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-document-layer/pull/161) Added more metrics
+* [#165](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-document-layer/pull/165) Fix `FlowLock` usage, which is causing transaction timeouts.
+* [#168](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-document-layer/pull/168) Deleted document count returned with correct type, `int` instead of `string`
+* [#169](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-document-layer/pull/169) DocLayer now returns error as `$err` as the drivers except
+
+
 ### 1.6.4
 
 * [#84](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-document-layer/issues/84) Fix for `getIndexes()`
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ae7426..776fb28 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.11)
-project(fdb_doc_layer VERSION 1.6.5 LANGUAGES C CXX)
+project(fdb_doc_layer VERSION 1.7.0 LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 set(default_build_type "RelWithDbgInfo")
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)