diff --git a/duckduckgo_search/version.py b/duckduckgo_search/version.py
index 9c4b203..b378fc6 100755
--- a/duckduckgo_search/version.py
+++ b/duckduckgo_search/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "6.4.2"
+__version__ = "7.0.0"