2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1d150b8..fa58349 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.onap.aai.graphadmin</groupId>
     <artifactId>aai-graphadmin</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <properties>
 
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index fc0709c..85a0227 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 # because they are used in Jenkins, whose plug-in doesn't support
 
 major_version=1
-minor_version=6
-patch_version=4
+minor_version=7
+patch_version=0
 
 base_version=${major_version}.${minor_version}.${patch_version}