diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index af49cf9..9d9bf27 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,25 @@
 Version History and Changes
 ===========================
 
+---------------------------
+Version 1.7.0 (2024-12-02)
+---------------------------
+
+* Updated the command line help and documentation for the
+  archiver subcommands (PR #45)
+* Add unpacking information to the ``ARCHIVE_README`` files
+  for compressed archive directories (PR #46)
+* Bug fix to copy verification for copy archive directories
+  (PR #48)
+* Add ``ARCHIVE_TREE.txt`` files to compressed archive
+  directories (visual tree representation of the source
+  directory contents) (PR #49)
+* Rename ``ARCHIVE_README`` files to ``ARCHIVE_README.txt``
+  (PR #50)
+* Add ``ARCHIVE_FILELIST.txt`` files to compressed archive
+  directories (plain text lists of paths of the source
+  directory contents) (PR #51)
+
 ---------------------------
 Version 1.6.0 (2024-11-28)
 ---------------------------
diff --git a/ngsarchiver/__init__.py b/ngsarchiver/__init__.py
index 93ccee3..ddba1ab 100644
--- a/ngsarchiver/__init__.py
+++ b/ngsarchiver/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Current version of the library
-__version__ = '1.6.0'
+__version__ = '1.7.0'
 
 def get_version():
     """