diff --git a/doc/source/changelog.rst b/doc/source/changelog.rst
index d29e837..c3134c5 100644
--- a/doc/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/source/changelog.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 ========= ========== ========================================================
 Version   Date       Changes
 ========= ========== ========================================================
+1.7.0     2018-11-06 * Python code and parser refactoring by a-ovchinnikov
+                     * Improvements in yaml_git and mixed setup by Andrew Pickford
+                     * Relative paths in class names by Petr Michalec, Martin Polreich and Andrew Pickford
+                     * Bug Fixes for recently added features
 1.5.6     2018-07-30 * Fix, usage of integers as pillar keys
                      * Refactoring python codebase by @a-ovchinkonv
                      * New feature, "compose node name" from node subdirectory structure (by @gburiola)
diff --git a/reclass/version.py b/reclass/version.py
index 63fda26..5a40c2e 100644
--- a/reclass/version.py
+++ b/reclass/version.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 RECLASS_NAME = 'reclass'
 DESCRIPTION = ('merge data by recursive descent down an ancestry hierarchy '
                '(forked extended version)')
-VERSION = '1.5.6'
+VERSION = '1.6.0'
 AUTHOR = 'martin f. krafft / Andrew Pickford / salt-formulas community'
 AUTHOR_EMAIL = 'salt-formulas@freelists.org'
 MAINTAINER = 'salt-formulas community'