diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index d17b37c..8dba192 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.6.11
+current_version = 0.7.0
 commit = True
 tag = False
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(\-(?P<release>[a-z]+)(?P<build>\d+))?
diff --git a/distribution/picasso.iss b/distribution/picasso.iss
index ea0bb94..4864309 100644
--- a/distribution/picasso.iss
+++ b/distribution/picasso.iss
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 AppName=Picasso
 AppPublisher=Jungmann Lab, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
 
-AppVersion=0.6.11
+AppVersion=0.7.0
 DefaultDirName={commonpf}\Picasso
 DefaultGroupName=Picasso
-OutputBaseFilename="Picasso-Windows-64bit-0.6.11"
+OutputBaseFilename="Picasso-Windows-64bit-0.7.0"
 ArchitecturesAllowed=x64
 ArchitecturesInstallIn64BitMode=x64
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 85037a3..ca5a3bb 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version
 version = ""
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = "0.6.11"
+release = "0.7.0"
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/picasso/__init__.py b/picasso/__init__.py
index ea75779..b6273df 100644
--- a/picasso/__init__.py
+++ b/picasso/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import os.path as _ospath
 import yaml as _yaml
 
-__version__ = "0.6.11"
+__version__ = "0.7.0"
 
 _this_file = _ospath.abspath(__file__)
 _this_dir = _ospath.dirname(_this_file)
diff --git a/picasso/__version__.py b/picasso/__version__.py
index b9326a7..c03d0cb 100644
--- a/picasso/__version__.py
+++ b/picasso/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION_NO = "0.6.11"
+VERSION_NO = "0.7.0"
diff --git a/release/one_click_windows_gui/create_installer_windows.bat b/release/one_click_windows_gui/create_installer_windows.bat
index 9e33d29..08d0a8b 100644
--- a/release/one_click_windows_gui/create_installer_windows.bat
+++ b/release/one_click_windows_gui/create_installer_windows.bat
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ call conda activate picasso_installer
 call python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
 
 call cd release/one_click_windows_gui
-call pip install "../../dist/picassosr-0.6.11-py3-none-any.whl"
+call pip install "../../dist/picassosr-0.7.0-py3-none-any.whl"
 
 call pip install pyinstaller==5.7
 call pyinstaller ../pyinstaller/picasso.spec -y --clean
diff --git a/release/one_click_windows_gui/picasso_innoinstaller.iss b/release/one_click_windows_gui/picasso_innoinstaller.iss
index e2b753f..1165f1a 100644
--- a/release/one_click_windows_gui/picasso_innoinstaller.iss
+++ b/release/one_click_windows_gui/picasso_innoinstaller.iss
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 [Setup]
 AppName=Picasso
 AppPublisher=Jungmann Lab, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
-AppVersion=0.6.11
+AppVersion=0.7.0
 DefaultDirName={commonpf}\Picasso
 DefaultGroupName=Picasso
-OutputBaseFilename="Picasso-Windows-64bit-0.6.11"
+OutputBaseFilename="Picasso-Windows-64bit-0.7.0"
 ArchitecturesAllowed=x64
 ArchitecturesInstallIn64BitMode=x64
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 238d996..6610bdc 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="picassosr",
-    version="0.6.11",
+    version="0.7.0",
     author="Joerg Schnitzbauer, Maximilian T. Strauss, Rafal Kowalewski",
     author_email=("joschnitzbauer@gmail.com, straussmaximilian@gmail.com, rafalkowalewski998@gmail.com"),
     url="https://github.com/jungmannlab/picasso",