diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4dccb0bc..c06d4bec 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ project (timew)
 include (CXXSniffer)
 include (FindAsciidoctor)
 
-set (PROJECT_VERSION "1.6.0-dev")
+set (PROJECT_VERSION "1.7.0")
 
 string(TOUPPER "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" uppercase_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8cd517a2..3ed2b621 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+------ current release ---------------------------
+
+1.7.0 (2023-12-23) -
+
 - #205    Wrap annotations in summary
           (thanks to varac)
 - #493    :lastweek doesn't count last Sunday
@@ -12,7 +16,7 @@
 -         Refactor holidays/refresh script
 -         Update task-timewarrior-hook script to 87a3426d8153f92aaee2edf36b2de62e48c4de0e
 
- ------ current release ---------------------------
+------ old releases ------------------------------
 
 1.6.0 (2023-09-18) - cd1aa610ed50558bb2cf141022fa7b41523091ac3ae5fbb9c2d459cfe1afc782
 
@@ -41,8 +45,6 @@
 -         Cleanup CMake files
 -         Update project to C++17
 
------- old releases ------------------------------
-
 1.5.0 (2023-04-04) - 51e7c2c772837bbd6d56da8d16506c4b6de8644166e0b5234ad36ae6a70dd4f6
 
 - #361    Improve documentation
@@ -91,8 +93,6 @@
           (thanks to Edd Salkield)
 -         Add option '--details' to 'test/problems' script
 
------- old releases ------------------------------
-
 1.4.3 (2021-05-28) - fc618636aacba6e52d447b482aeef58b375dfc8c
 
 - #159    Tags enclosed in escaped double-quotes are not handled correctly
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d8780ab4..5c9f5c92 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ There are two ways to retrieve the Timewarrior sources:
   ```
 * Or download the tarball with curl,
   ```
-  curl -O https://github.com/GothenburgBitFactory/timewarrior/releases/download/v1.6.0/timew-1.6.0.tar.gz
+  curl -O https://github.com/GothenburgBitFactory/timewarrior/releases/download/v1.7.0/timew-1.7.0.tar.gz
   ```
   and expand the tarball
   ```
-  tar xzf timew-1.6.0.tar.gz
-  cd timew-1.6.0
+  tar xzf timew-1.7.0.tar.gz
+  cd timew-1.7.0
   ```
 Build Timewarrior, optionally run the test suite, and install it.
 ```
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=release
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=release .
 make
 [make test]
 sudo make install