diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 783b1a9..ca16758 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-1.6 (2105-04-27)
+1.7 (2015-12-08)
+ Address type marshalling to Dict. PEP8 cleanup. New-style exception classes.
+
+1.6 (2015-04-27)
  Introduce logout functionality. New maintainer.
 
 1.5 (2014-10-30)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 57388c6..a859cfc 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(name='pyforce',
-    version='1.6', # be sure to update the version in pyforce.py too
+    version='1.7', # be sure to update the version in pyforce.py too
     package_dir={'': 'src'},
     packages=['pyforce'],
     author = "Simon Fell et al.  reluctantly Forked by idbentley",