diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index a026db847..3d6967e81 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Changes in 1.7.0 (in development)
+## Changes in 1.7.0
 
 ### Enhancements
 
diff --git a/xcube/version.py b/xcube/version.py
index 4197b9385..a63cd19a2 100644
--- a/xcube/version.py
+++ b/xcube/version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # Permissions are hereby granted under the terms of the MIT License:
 # https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
 
-version = "1.7.0.dev4"
+version = "1.7.0"