diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4a48845..48d99df 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@
 /module-build-service-1.6.1.tar.gz
 /module-build-service-1.6.2.tar.gz
 /module-build-service-1.6.3.tar.gz
+/module-build-service-1.7.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/module-build-service.spec b/module-build-service.spec
index 6352b31..6ac458a 100644
--- a/module-build-service.spec
+++ b/module-build-service.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Set this to 0 if you don't have access to EPEL packages while building
 %global with_epel 1
 Name:           module-build-service
-Version:        1.6.3
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        1.7.0
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        The Module Build Service for Modularity
 
 Group:          Development/Tools
@@ -230,6 +230,9 @@ done
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 07 2018 mprahl <mprahl@redhat.com> - 1.7.0-1
+- new version
+
 * Thu Jan 25 2018 mprahl <mprahl@redhat.com> - 1.6.3-2
 - Update the required version of modulemd
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index f17c4ca..985fe22 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ SHA512 (module-build-service-1.6.0.tar.gz) = 44325d8634f84d3e9302a408ee10a66223b
 SHA512 (module-build-service-1.6.1.tar.gz) = 6a6950f49f8e17f09dec07c105b192bea5ebab90db2c738cf8d4b00d54e133ee2cf16f36e6ec7d437d4f658d8320d3ed3a6ede691ea313a3822de9509a4fa551
 SHA512 (module-build-service-1.6.2.tar.gz) = d7b352f80ec90389a56dfc7ac69be0d7fa83de6df270f8bb4e34593ade9fa5c18f60e26aa4998c4e8256cdbb540f2011ad15f640fd2fa78f20d4812bb84e79ff
 SHA512 (module-build-service-1.6.3.tar.gz) = 498ba3680dcbca9678df177b5aa6485197d8d924a7c43bde96a9fb7d31a7851384733737c0ea0cb7ae55ff56817b7f4aecce6f5fb05c3c38e860fa803b38184b
+SHA512 (module-build-service-1.7.0.tar.gz) = 7e66a156d3d196559437f10338ddee58e080b7990059d4c106173ad2f8e0a8764173e7cc302c4bdc2d5bc1fb801fd9213119a836549e077092d2931cf6ce2d9c