diff --git a/ChangeLog.rst b/ChangeLog.rst
index 81a1fdb..e03e98e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.rst
+++ b/ChangeLog.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-HEAD
-====
+1.7 - 2024-10-22
+================
   - Sanity checks when writing out a file can now be disabled if desired,
     using the new ``check`` argument to :func:`ihm.dumper.write` (#153).
   - Data that have been split over multiple mmCIF or BinaryCIF files can now
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 6af3853..d81e616 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ include LICENSE
 include examples/*
 include src/ihm_format.h
 include src/ihm_format.i
-include src/ihm_format_wrap_1.6.c
+include src/ihm_format_wrap_1.7.c
diff --git a/ihm/__init__.py b/ihm/__init__.py
index dcbd266..1959a33 100644
--- a/ihm/__init__.py
+++ b/ihm/__init__.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import json
 from . import util
 
-__version__ = '1.6'
+__version__ = '1.7'
 
 
 class __UnknownValue(object):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 31a1d48..fd2f828 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import sys
 import os
 
-VERSION = "1.6"
+VERSION = "1.7"
 
 copy_args = sys.argv[1:]
 
diff --git a/util/debian/changelog b/util/debian/changelog
index 3dc9f95..f597540 100644
--- a/util/debian/changelog
+++ b/util/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+python-ihm (1.7-1~@CODENAME@) @CODENAME@; urgency=low
+
+  * python-ihm 1.7 release
+
+ -- Ben Webb <ben@salilab.org>  Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:02:03 -0700
+
 python-ihm (1.6-1~@CODENAME@) @CODENAME@; urgency=low
 
   * python-ihm 1.6 release
diff --git a/util/python-ihm.spec b/util/python-ihm.spec
index 2df580a..444b041 100644
--- a/util/python-ihm.spec
+++ b/util/python-ihm.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Name:          python3-ihm
 License:       MIT
 Group:         Applications/Engineering
-Version:       1.6
+Version:       1.7
 Release:       1%{?dist}
 Summary:       Package for handling IHM mmCIF and BinaryCIF files
 Packager:      Ben Webb <ben@salilab.org>
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ sed -i -e "s/install_requires=\['msgpack'\]/#/" setup.py
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 22 2024 Ben Webb <ben@salilab.org>   1.7-1
+- Update to latest upstream.
+
 * Fri Sep 27 2024 Ben Webb <ben@salilab.org>   1.6-1
 - Update to latest upstream.