diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e89e766..80d5984 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
-All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
-The format of this document is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
+This file documents notable changes to this project done before June 2024. For changes after that date, plase refers to the release notes of each release at https://github.com/robotology/icub-models/releases .
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a8b93a..ff17c91 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8...3.16)
 
 project(icub-models
-  VERSION 2.6.0)
+  VERSION 2.7.0)
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
diff --git a/iCub_manual/package.xml b/iCub_manual/package.xml
index ea029e5..11c326f 100644
--- a/iCub_manual/package.xml
+++ b/iCub_manual/package.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <package>
   <name>iCub</name>
-  <version>2.6.0</version>
+  <version>2.7.0</version>
   <description>
     This is not an actual package, but rather a placeholder to 
     make sure that the share/iCub directory is found as the