diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 8cecb7ad4920cd1759d005fbe07acee98df26c0e..70affe63f2fd246efe565abc3f7d340718a5a9a5 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.6.0
+current_version = 1.7.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/scrapy/VERSION b/scrapy/VERSION
index dc1e644a1014338ad0ca67b5c0bfbd2402e761ee..bd8bf882d06184bb54615a59477e3c5e35f522fc 100644
--- a/scrapy/VERSION
+++ b/scrapy/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.0
+1.7.0