diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 756433b61f7255ab276d3789f2085a8eaef12f0d..7fa72744ab8b0779c24e9f1a12418f72c903e4c8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Changes in Release 2.x
+Changes in Release 2.7.0
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
  * mmCIF writing support.
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ Changes in Release 2.6.1
 
  * Bugfix in DockQ computation when using ost.mol.scoring
 
-
 Changes in Release 2.6.0
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a659871bf319f7f99ed8ddcbce1d581f191bb9f..9fd6b1c0339e3108d6a60d346ec4b6b82bcdb2ff 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ cmake_policy(SET CMP0060 NEW)
 project(OpenStructure CXX C)
 set (CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS 1)
 set (OST_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
-set (OST_VERSION_MINOR 6)
-set (OST_VERSION_PATCH 1)
+set (OST_VERSION_MINOR 7)
+set (OST_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 set (OST_VERSION_STRING ${OST_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OST_VERSION_MINOR}.${OST_VERSION_PATCH} )
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_support)
 include(OST)
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 4f7de8f9a7e3f0deb4d9b49d5c4e417b4c289049..075735de67f94fa7207ed4ff6bfd69377bdaa500 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM ubuntu:22.04
 
 # ARGUMENTS
 ###########
-ARG OPENSTRUCTURE_VERSION="2.6.1"
+ARG OPENSTRUCTURE_VERSION="2.7.0"
 ARG SRC_FOLDER="/usr/local/src"
 ARG CPUS_FOR_MAKE=2
 ARG OPENMM_VERSION="7.7.0"
diff --git a/singularity/Singularity b/singularity/Singularity
index bc04d900abcd31a9e93314ea46f93d34eace5d4a..57dee2eb53faad64c77557d7ddc53e03bb3c90ba 100644
--- a/singularity/Singularity
+++ b/singularity/Singularity
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 BootStrap: docker
-From: registry.scicore.unibas.ch/schwede/openstructure:2.6.1-jammy
+From: registry.scicore.unibas.ch/schwede/openstructure:2.7.0-jammy
 %post
 ##############################################################################
 # POST