diff --git a/drheader/__init__.py b/drheader/__init__.py
index afbaa11..04f8602 100644
--- a/drheader/__init__.py
+++ b/drheader/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 """Top-level package for drHEADer core."""
 
-__version__ = '1.6.0'
+__version__ = '1.7.0'
 
 from drheader.core import Drheader  # noqa
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c22cd3a..0a9516d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.6.0
+current_version = 1.7.0
 commit = True
 tag = False
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8f17aba..464f1f5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@
     packages=['drheader', 'drheader/validators'],
     test_suite='tests',
     url='https://github.com/santandersecurityresearch/drheader',
-    version='1.6.0',
+    version='1.7.0',
     zip_safe=False,
 )