diff --git a/doc/changes.rst b/doc/changes.rst
index be26acc95..162fbf4d6 100644
--- a/doc/changes.rst
+++ b/doc/changes.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 desitarget Change Log
 =====================
 
-0.7.0 (unreleased)
+0.7.0 (2016-10-12)
 ------------------
 
 * Updates to be compatible with python 3.5
diff --git a/py/desitarget/_version.py b/py/desitarget/_version.py
index 3c20d73c1..a71c5c7f1 100644
--- a/py/desitarget/_version.py
+++ b/py/desitarget/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.6.1.dev317'
+__version__ = '0.7.0'