diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c2dcb258..5fb251ee5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+# [1.7.0](https://github.com/webex/components/compare/v1.6.0...v1.7.0) (2019-08-20)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **people:** rename person filename to people ([82d9731](https://github.com/webex/components/commit/82d9731))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **people:** create person status enum ([27843f8](https://github.com/webex/components/commit/27843f8))
+* **avatar:** implement the component ([5e35eec](https://github.com/webex/components/commit/5e35eec))
+* **person:** re-format the object and some prop values ([728bc4b](https://github.com/webex/components/commit/728bc4b))
+
 # [1.6.0](https://github.com/webex/components/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0) (2019-08-19)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fc07427da..e5a971ac6 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@webex/components",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.7.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fbc527e07..73ea2694a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@webex/components",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.7.0",
   "main": "dist/webexComponents.cjs.js",
   "module": "dist/webexComponents.esm.js",
   "scripts": {