diff --git a/builds/msvc/version.h b/builds/msvc/version.h
index ca13a747..031b9c09 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/version.h
+++ b/builds/msvc/version.h
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 #include "export.h"
 
-#define SODIUM_VERSION_STRING "0.6.1"
+#define SODIUM_VERSION_STRING "0.7.0"
 
-#define SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MAJOR 6
-#define SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR 1
+#define SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MAJOR 7
+#define SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR 0
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 83430352..81b5a0dc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.65])
-AC_INIT([libsodium],[0.6.1],
+AC_INIT([libsodium],[0.7.0],
   [https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/issues],
   [libsodium],
   [https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium])
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ AC_SUBST(VERSION)
 ISODATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
 AC_SUBST(ISODATE)
 
-SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MAJOR=6
-SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR=1
+SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MAJOR=7
+SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR=0
 DLL_VERSION=6
 SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION=13:0:0
 #                       | | |
diff --git a/msvc-scripts/process.bat b/msvc-scripts/process.bat
index 530f77cb..28c6349c 100755
--- a/msvc-scripts/process.bat
+++ b/msvc-scripts/process.bat
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@VERSION@/0.6.1/ < src\libsodium\include\sodium\version.h.in > tmp
-cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MAJOR@/6/ < tmp > tmp2
-cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR@/1/ < tmp2 > src\libsodium\include\sodium\version.h
+cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@VERSION@/0.7.0/ < src\libsodium\include\sodium\version.h.in > tmp
+cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MAJOR@/7/ < tmp > tmp2
+cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR@/0/ < tmp2 > src\libsodium\include\sodium\version.h
 del tmp tmp2