diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 31460c3623..a6ebb2b588 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+<a name="1.7.0"></a>
+# [1.7.0](https://github.com/rime/librime/compare/1.6.1...1.7.0) (2021-01-17)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **chord_composer:** more safely handle the placeholder ZWSP ([025d9fb](https://github.com/rime/librime/commit/025d9fb))
+* **cmake:** use full paths defined by GNUInstallDirs ([bb8c263](https://github.com/rime/librime/commit/bb8c263)), closes [#424](https://github.com/rime/librime/issues/424)
+* **opencc:** update submodule to fix [#425](https://github.com/rime/librime/issues/425) ([3fa1571](https://github.com/rime/librime/commit/3fa1571))
+* **script_translator:** always_show_comments also applies to phrases ([440a97c](https://github.com/rime/librime/commit/440a97c)), closes [#272](https://github.com/rime/librime/issues/272) [#419](https://github.com/rime/librime/issues/419)
+* **table_translator:** index out of bound access in string ([ff7acdc](https://github.com/rime/librime/commit/ff7acdc))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **chareset_filter:** add CJK Compatibility Ideographs in is_extended_cjk() ([3cb1128](https://github.com/rime/librime/commit/3cb1128)), closes [#305](https://github.com/rime/librime/issues/305)
+* **setup:** find and load external RIME plugins as shared libs [#431](https://github.com/rime/librime/issues/431) ([b2abd09](https://github.com/rime/librime/commit/b2abd09))
+
+
+
 <a name="1.6.1"></a>
 ## [1.6.1](https://github.com/rime/librime/compare/1.6.0...1.6.1) (2020-09-21)
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 493f32af54..318e9a2c74 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set(CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE_CXX ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/cxx_fla
 project(rime)
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
 
-set(rime_version 1.6.1)
+set(rime_version 1.7.0)
 set(rime_soversion 1)
 
 add_definitions(-DRIME_VERSION="${rime_version}")
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 91b59823f5..5cd5c76316 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "librime",
-  "version": "1.6.1",
+  "version": "1.7.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9a5a6144f2..19656baf54 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "librime",
-  "version": "1.6.1",
+  "version": "1.7.0",
   "description": "Rime Input Method Engine",
   "main": "index.js",
   "directories": {