diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 41234585..e93c8f72 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.6.1
+current_version = 1.7.0
 commit = True
 tag = False
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index aa43336a..affda987 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 copyright = f"2021, {author}"
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '1.6.1'
+release = '1.7.0'
 
 # -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cd989887..ba885f12 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "soccerdata"
-version = "1.6.1"
+version = "1.7.0"
 description = "A collection of wrappers over soccer data from various websites / APIs."
 authors = ["Pieter Robberechts <pieter.robberechts@kuleuven.be>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/soccerdata/__init__.py b/soccerdata/__init__.py
index f5ceacc3..f33cd8b5 100644
--- a/soccerdata/__init__.py
+++ b/soccerdata/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """A collection of tools to read and process soccer data from various sources."""
 
-__version__ = '1.6.1'
+__version__ = '1.7.0'
 
 __all__ = [
     'ClubElo',