diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a9a1abf7ae3c2..c74d440fd1e21 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ endif()
 #===============================================================================
 
 # If you change the version, please update the <version> tag in package.xml.
-set(DART_MAJOR_VERSION "6")
-set(DART_MINOR_VERSION "3")
+set(DART_MAJOR_VERSION "7")
+set(DART_MINOR_VERSION "0")
 set(DART_PATCH_VERSION "0")
 set(DART_VERSION "${DART_MAJOR_VERSION}.${DART_MINOR_VERSION}.${DART_PATCH_VERSION}")
 set(DART_PKG_DESC "Dynamic Animation and Robotics Toolkit.")
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index de1eb0ac357cd..2ac6558a31c53 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
        a Catkin workspace. Catkin is not required to build DART. For more
        information, see: http://ros.org/reps/rep-0136.html -->
   <name>dart</name>
-  <version>6.3.0</version>
+  <version>7.0.0</version>
   <description>
     DART (Dynamic Animation and Robotics Toolkit) is a collaborative,
     cross-platform, open source library created by the Georgia Tech Graphics