diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fba464d3f00b3b593b0b23c330ffac330ab06bbe..1468c4471d76fc328dd95b7cd9e6fc69ca77f67b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Aparapi Examples Changelog
 
-## 1.6.1
+## 1.7.0
 
 ## 1.6.0
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0327a32770827103ddb284a9db67cc72de90698c..dce53185f90dafe1d882bc37d7c400484bee2a79 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.aparapi</groupId>
     <artifactId>aparapi-examples</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <properties>
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.aparapi</groupId>
             <artifactId>aparapi</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jogamp.gluegen</groupId>