diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 96c84f8..d6948e0 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "1.6.1"
+release = "1.7.0"
 
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = release
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f5f4a98..6d47c37 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "evdev"
-version = "1.6.1"
+version = "1.7.0"
 description = "Bindings to the Linux input handling subsystem"
 keywords = ["evdev", "input", "uinput"]
 readme = "README.rst"
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ line-length = 120
 ignore = ["E265", "E241", "F403", "F401", "E401", "E731"]
 
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "1.6.1"
+current_version = "1.7.0"
 commit = true
 tag = true
 allow_dirty = true