diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 97f9cfe..8b3c33c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ project(cJSON C)
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
-set(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR 6)
+set(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR 7)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 set(CJSON_VERSION_SO 1)
 set(CJSON_UTILS_VERSION_SO 1)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2d47207..75c12c9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CJSON_TEST_SRC = cJSON.c test.c
 
 LDLIBS = -lm
 
-LIBVERSION = 1.6.0
+LIBVERSION = 1.7.0
 CJSON_SOVERSION = 1
 UTILS_SOVERSION = 1
 
diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index e2272e6..2f747ea 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_GetStringValue(cJSON *item) {
 }
 
 /* This is a safeguard to prevent copy-pasters from using incompatible C and header files */
-#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 6) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 0)
+#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 7) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 0)
     #error cJSON.h and cJSON.c have different versions. Make sure that both have the same.
 #endif
 
diff --git a/cJSON.h b/cJSON.h
index c3d8c76..770e1ef 100644
--- a/cJSON.h
+++ b/cJSON.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ extern "C"
 
 /* project version */
 #define CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define CJSON_VERSION_MINOR 6
+#define CJSON_VERSION_MINOR 7
 #define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 0
 
 #include <stddef.h>