diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e2526574b37539d054397d49bbefcadcc9dce654..0848d3fbca6412aac998fdbaa45ea03835fe67d0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ build/
 
 # documentation
 _apidoc
+/dist/
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 5e863ebcc2c0a97a5b63772010cc4d2ba80c5d48..83f3a0b8fe6ff860e494351c6e903c6331668118 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ authors:
     given-names: Stefan
     orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7214-8125
 title: CaosDB - Advanced User Tools
-version: 0.6.1
+version: 0.7.0
 doi: 10.3390/data4020083
 date-released: 2023-01-20
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 582bf104ec981ef2aa99af110704524ba5ee78c5..02b4f6f163fd14024b1b24e316c78014e993312a 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 ########################################################################
 
 MAJOR = 0
-MINOR = 6
-MICRO = 2
+MINOR = 7
+MICRO = 0
 PRE = ""  # e.g. rc0, alpha.1, 0.beta-23
-ISRELEASED = False
+ISRELEASED = True
 
 if PRE:
     VERSION = "{}.{}.{}-{}".format(MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO, PRE)
diff --git a/src/doc/conf.py b/src/doc/conf.py
index cbaf40c6ef426f279c4f331771d114f2bbed9f6e..7d3533b06abdbb7f28217364fa1762c770a9a145 100644
--- a/src/doc/conf.py
+++ b/src/doc/conf.py
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ copyright = '2021, IndiScale GmbH'
 author = 'Daniel Hornung'
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = '0.6.2'
+version = '0.7.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '0.6.2-dev'
+release = '0.7.0'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------