diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index a43faf3d3..a317913d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ This project adheres to `Semantic Versioning`_ starting with version 0.11.0.
 
 .. _master-release:
 
-
-[Unreleased 1.7.0] - `master`_
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+[Unreleased 1.7.1a1] - `master`_
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 .. note:: This version is not yet released and is under active development.
 
+[1.7.0] - 2020-01-29
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
 Changed
 -------
 - ``ReminderScheduled`` and ``ReminderCancelled`` now take ``intent`` and ``entities``
diff --git a/rasa_sdk/version.py b/rasa_sdk/version.py
index f49459c74..14d9d2f58 100644
--- a/rasa_sdk/version.py
+++ b/rasa_sdk/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.6.1"
+__version__ = "1.7.0"