diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a6cba572a..afd69b325 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+7.0.0 (2024-03-19)
+---------------------------------------------
+- [#537](https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java/pull/537) Remove cert pinning from the SDK
+- [#539](https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java/pull/539) Exclude pycache from task input key on StoneTask
+
 6.1.0 (2024-03-19)
 ---------------------------------------------
 - [#527](https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java/pull/527) Adds nullability annotations to data models for improved interop with Kotlin
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f9104a55..f2110e5e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ If you're using Maven, then edit your project's "pom.xml" and add this to the `<
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.dropbox.core</groupId>
     <artifactId>dropbox-core-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>6.1.0</version>
+    <version>7.0.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ If you are using Gradle, then edit your project's "build.gradle" and add this to
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
     // ...
-    implementation 'com.dropbox.core:dropbox-core-sdk:6.1.0'
+    implementation 'com.dropbox.core:dropbox-core-sdk:7.0.0'
 }
 ```
 
@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ Edit your project's "build.gradle" and add the following to the dependencies sec
 ```
 dependencies {
     // ...
-    implementation 'com.dropbox.core:dropbox-core-sdk:6.1.0'
-    implementation 'com.dropbox.core:dropbox-android-sdk:6.1.0'
+    implementation 'com.dropbox.core:dropbox-core-sdk:7.0.0'
+    implementation 'com.dropbox.core:dropbox-android-sdk:7.0.0'
 }
 ```
 If you leverage jettifier and see the following errors then please add `android.jetifier.ignorelist = jackson-core,fastdoubleparser` to your `gradle.properties` file.
@@ -399,3 +399,41 @@ The only ProGuard rules necessary are for the SDK's required and optional depend
 -dontwarn javax.servlet.**
 -dontwarn org.apache.**
 ```
+
+### How do I enable certificate pinning?
+
+As of version 7.0.0, the SDK no longer provides certificate pinning by default. We provide hooks for you to run each of your requests with
+your own `SSLSocketFactory` or `CertificatePinner`. To provide this to your calls, you can use any of the requestors provided.
+
+*Note*: If you were previously using `SSLConfig`, this is no longer available. You can view the source in [git history](https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java/blob/0f765cb69940ac047682cf117af7a94a1f66b6eb/core/src/main/java/com/dropbox/core/http/SSLConfig.java)
+but we no longer provide any default certificate pinning or any other configuration.
+
+#### Using `StandardHttpRequestor`
+
+```java
+StandardHttpRequestor.Config customConfig = StandardHttpRequestor.Config.DEFAULT_INSTANCE.copy()
+        .withSslSocketFactory(mySslSocketFactory)
+        .build();
+StandardHttpRequestor requestor = new StandardHttpRequestor(customConfig);
+```
+
+#### Using `OkHttp3Requestor`
+
+See: [CertificatePinner](https://square.github.io/okhttp/3.x/okhttp/okhttp3/CertificatePinner.html)
+
+```java
+okhttp3.OkHttpClient httpClient = OkHttp3Requestor.defaultOkHttpClientBuilder()
+        .certificatePinner(myCertificatePinner)
+        .build();
+```
+
+#### Using `OkHttpRequestor`
+
+See: [CertificatePinner](https://square.github.io/okhttp/2.x/okhttp/com/squareup/okhttp/CertificatePinner.html)
+
+```java
+OkHttpClient httpClient = OkHttpRequestor.defaultOkHttpClient().clone()
+        .setCertificatePinner(myCertificatePinner)
+        .build();
+```
+
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 4e5356947..0a9eb7ae3 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # POM
 GROUP = com.dropbox.core
-VERSION_NAME=6.2.0-SNAPSHOT
+VERSION_NAME=7.0.0
 
 POM_URL = https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java/
 POM_SCM_URL = https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java/