diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ec7ddb21..7ac65aa7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.11-rc0 10611000
+1.7.0-rc0 10700000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 62f5bd2c..d6da40eb 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ### Updated by release.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=1
-project.versioning.minor=6
-project.versioning.patch=11
+project.versioning.minor=7
+project.versioning.patch=0
 project.versioning.build=0
 #############################