diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 717dc9e0f..09662424e 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <PackageIcon>logo.png</PackageIcon>
     <PackageReadmeFile>README.md</PackageReadmeFile>
     <PackageTags>f# FSharp Applicative Monad MonadTransformer Arrow Overloading</PackageTags>
-    <VersionPrefix>1.6.1</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>1.7.0</VersionPrefix>
     <VersionSuffix></VersionSuffix>
     <Version Condition=" '$(VersionSuffix)' != '' ">$(VersionPrefix)-$(VersionSuffix)</Version>
     <Version Condition=" '$(VersionSuffix)' == '' ">$(VersionPrefix)</Version>
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index b2bf37522..fe9203b6b 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+#### 1.7.0  - December 15 2024
+ - ZipApplicative docs
+ - Add missing iter functions to Extensions
+ - Fix issue with iteration of dictionaries
+ - String.startsWith available now from Fable
+ - Add NonEmptyList and NonEmptySeq Helper Functions
+ - Add pick related functions to SeqT
+ - Monad instance for Vector and Matrix
+
 #### 1.6.1  - February 13 2024
  - Add Non-sequential-Applicative operators and computation expressions
  - Add proper SeqT implementation
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
index 9d508aaba..077d13676 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
@@ -1,20 +1,10 @@
-Release Notes for FSharpPlus 1.6.1  - February 13 2024
+Release Notes for FSharpPlus 1.7.0  - December 15 2024
 ------------------------------------------------------
 
-Add Non-sequential-Applicative operators and computation expressions
-Add proper SeqT implementation
-Matrix and Vector types implement IEnumerable's and IReadOnly's interfaces
-Add limited applicative support to dictionaries
-Add (forward) tee operator (|-)
-Add "mapsquared" pipe operators (|>>>) and (<<<|)
-Add some functions, interfaces and optimizations to DList<'T>
-Add findLastSliceIndex and tryFindLastSliceIndex
-Add Result.Sequence
-Add Result.iterError
-Add Validation.ofOptionWith
-Add List.chunkBy
-Rename Sequence overloads to Sequential
-Add Async.Await Async.AsTask and more overloads to Async.Sequential
-Add empty and isEmpty to IReadOnlyCollection and Exception module
-Fix bug in lift3 for List and Array
-Type inference for generic traversals slightly improved
\ No newline at end of file
+ZipApplicative docs
+Add missing iter functions to Extensions
+Fix issue with iteration of dictionaries
+String.startsWith available now from Fable
+Add NonEmptyList and NonEmptySeq Helper Functions
+Add pick related functions to SeqT
+Monad instance for Vector and Matrix