diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 053003dc..5afa72e9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ project (nlopt)
 #==============================================================================
 # version
 set (NLOPT_MAJOR_VERSION "2")
-set (NLOPT_MINOR_VERSION "6")
-set (NLOPT_BUGFIX_VERSION "2")
+set (NLOPT_MINOR_VERSION "7")
+set (NLOPT_BUGFIX_VERSION "0")
 set (NLOPT_VERSION_STRING ${NLOPT_MAJOR_VERSION}.${NLOPT_MINOR_VERSION}.${NLOPT_BUGFIX_VERSION})
 message (STATUS "NLopt version ${NLOPT_VERSION_STRING}")
 
 # This is the ABI version number, which differes from the API version above
 # (it indicates ABI compatibility), but they are typically incremented together.
 set(SO_MAJOR 0)
-set(SO_MINOR 10)
+set(SO_MINOR 11)
 set(SO_PATCH 0)
 #==============================================================================
 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index b8aa50c7..24368051 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # NLopt Release Notes
 
+## NLopt 2.7
+
+18 November 2020
+
+* New `nlopt_set_param` API for setting internal algorithm parameters ([#365]).
+
+* Avoid library-symbol conflicts ([#355], [#361])
+
 ## NLopt 2.6.2
 
 15 April 2020
@@ -453,3 +461,6 @@
 [#314]: https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt/issues/314
 [#317]: https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt/issues/317
 [#319]: https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt/issues/319
+[#319]: https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt/issues/355
+[#319]: https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt/issues/361
+[#319]: https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt/issues/365