diff --git a/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md b/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
index 584227a7cb02be7bda1cd29fe5d031332177fb9f..f7d8225823d85b21d9c7d70fb52239b20b4d1798 100644
--- a/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ guidelines of the CaosDB Project
 3. Assure that the latest patch actually updates the CaosDBVersion() procedure
    and that the version matches the version you are about to release.
 
-4. Merge the release branch into the main branch.
+4. Update version in `doc/conf.py`.
 
-5. Wait for the main branch pipeline to pass.
+5. Merge the release branch into the main branch.
 
-6. Tag the latest commit of the main branch with `v<VERSION>`.
+6. Wait for the main branch pipeline to pass.
 
-7. Delete the release branch.
+7. Tag the latest commit of the main branch with `v<VERSION>`.
 
-8. Merge the main branch back into the dev branch.
+8. Delete the release branch.
+
+9. Merge the main branch back into the dev branch.
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index b4e7e4b15793ada52a8f6ada43270a68444b35b7..173694cad0e3ec295dc119d8c526827710ff1286 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ copyright = '2021, IndiScale GmbH'
 author = 'Daniel Hornung'
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = '6.0'
+version = '7.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '6.0.1'
+release = '7.0.0'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------