diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 17b6f967ebd0013a60f536a75316ad2208663842..f5d8dd7a7dc77c697a5b1e74e72124a546cbe4c4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ KleidiAI follows the [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/) specification fo
 
 ## Upcoming Release
 
+## v1.7.0
+
 - New SME micro-kernels:
   - Indirect matrix multiplication (MxN) of QAI8 input and output.
     - Packing kernels for LHS and RHS
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ff5d8057e6642ede9c66fc0879c0be168a40baf..32fda7ee27313eac8ca50035f1dbc388c3cf148f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 project(KleidiAI
-    VERSION 1.6.0
+    VERSION 1.7.0
     LANGUAGES C CXX
 )
 
diff --git a/kai/kai_common.h b/kai/kai_common.h
index 47e00bfa67a67026eebef4e78603164df63b7e6c..6dc71d10eddc0ef0d748945bef275cdf37015527 100644
--- a/kai/kai_common.h
+++ b/kai/kai_common.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ extern "C" {
 ///
 /// @return Project version as a string literal.
 inline const char* kai_get_version(void) {
-    return "1.6.0";
+    return "1.7.0";
 }
 
 /// KleidiAI data types