diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index dd36ef1f..ec5519f6 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-VERSION=1.6.0
-REVISION=1
+VERSION=1.7.0
+REVISION=dev.1
diff --git a/prometheus-podman-exporter.spec.rpkg b/prometheus-podman-exporter.spec.rpkg
index 39582f51..1d8d10dc 100644
--- a/prometheus-podman-exporter.spec.rpkg
+++ b/prometheus-podman-exporter.spec.rpkg
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 %global git0 https://%{import_path}
 
 Name: prometheus-podman-exporter
-Version: 1.6.0
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Version: 1.7.0
+Release: dev.1%{?dist}
 Summary: Prometheus exporter for podman v4.x
 License: ASL 2.0
 URL: %{git0}
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ popd
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Dec 01 2023 Navid Yaghoobi <navidys@fedoraproject.org> 1.7.0-dev-1
+
 * Fri Dec 01 2023 Navid Yaghoobi <navidys@fedoraproject.org> 1.6.0-1
 - Bump github.com/containers/podman/v4 from 4.7.2 to 4.8.0
 - Bump github.com/containers/image/v5 from 5.28.0 to 5.29.0