diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 785ffec..44783c0 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.6.0
+current_version = 1.7.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ replace = version = release = '{new_version}'
 [bumpversion:file:src/manhole/__init__.py]
 search = __version__ = '{current_version}'
 replace = __version__ = '{new_version}'
+
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 6e806cc..4267b29 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Overview
     :alt: Supported implementations
     :target: https://pypi.org/project/manhole
 
-.. |commits-since| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/ionelmc/python-manhole/v1.6.0.svg
+.. |commits-since| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/ionelmc/python-manhole/v1.7.0.svg
     :alt: Commits since latest release
     :target: https://github.com/ionelmc/python-manhole/compare/v1.6.0...master
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 11e41c0..ec00666 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 year = '2012-2021'
 author = 'Ionel Cristian Mărieș'
 copyright = '{0}, {1}'.format(year, author)
-version = release = '1.6.0'
+version = release = '1.7.0'
 
 pygments_style = 'trac'
 templates_path = ['.']
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 25dbb6c..185ef62 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 setup(
     name='manhole',
-    version='1.6.0',
+    version='1.7.0',
     license='BSD 2-Clause License',
     description='Manhole is in-process service that will accept unix domain socket connections and present the',
     long_description='%s\n%s' % (
diff --git a/src/manhole/__init__.py b/src/manhole/__init__.py
index 1c2a0da..2caa482 100644
--- a/src/manhole/__init__.py
+++ b/src/manhole/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import traceback
 from contextlib import closing
 
-__version__ = '1.6.0'
+__version__ = '1.7.0'
 
 try:
     import signalfd