diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index fd0d71f03cb8c82944e0555e4f77575ed47b216b..8b18876acb517082050632219f2d1af4302d892f 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <property name="skip_phpdoc" value="false" />
   <property name="phpdoc_version" value="3.0.0-alpha.4" />
 
-  <property name="version" value="6.1.2" />
+  <property name="version" value="7.0" />
 
   <!-- We only need the -p switch if the password is non-blank -->
   <if><not><equals arg1="${mysqlrootpass}" arg2="" /></not><then>
diff --git a/config/vufind/config.ini b/config/vufind/config.ini
index 841a73c429663dcd892ccc71641ce992a510b5de..fbfc1a2e11ef5dc59f6fbb0e858b5e4d85a2e9f1 100644
--- a/config/vufind/config.ini
+++ b/config/vufind/config.ini
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ allowSavedSearches = true
 ; features (such as display of hierarchies).
 nonJavascriptSupportEnabled = false
 ; Generator value to display in an HTML header <meta> tag:
-generator = "VuFind 6.1.2"
+generator = "VuFind 7.0"
 
 ; This section allows you to configure the mechanism used for storing user
 ; sessions.  Available types: File, Memcache, Database, Redis.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b49df95fa28cc7e7881c4d08946ac1145a9d627c..26695805a0fbbc41009d4474a0aa47bb4443d361 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "vufind",
-  "version": "6.1.2",
+  "version": "7.0.0",
   "description": "Dev tools to handle css preprocessing, js magic, and compression",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/DEBIAN/changelog b/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
index a45a887f997af488dd9a5349d36eface54d8e1de..5a34e2c449b1946a9353ceb20127217b7e1cc094 100644
--- a/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
+++ b/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+vufind 7.0 distribution; urgency=low
+
+  * VuFind 7.0 release (see http://vufind.org/wiki/changelog for details)
+
+ -- maintainer VuFind Project Administration Team <vufind-admins@lists.sourceforge.net>  Mo 20 Jul 2020 10:00:00 UTC
+
 vufind 6.1.2 distribution; urgency=low
 
   * VuFind 6.1.2 release (see http://vufind.org/wiki/changelog for details)
diff --git a/packages/DEBIAN/control b/packages/DEBIAN/control
index 8e95f06574f548258e81b9fcd94f5747640ef3f4..bae26c553549cec3d08216b7d9a23b7a42767dfc 100644
--- a/packages/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/packages/DEBIAN/control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: vufind
-Version: 6.1.2
+Version: 7.0
 Section: World Wide Web
 Priority: Optional
 Architecture: all