diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ea02f505..66967fe6f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 # Updating the version here will update it throughout ImHex as well
-project(imhex VERSION 1.6.1)
+project(imhex VERSION 1.7.0)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules")