diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 0d1bebe..64e0684 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.6.0"
+  ".": "1.7.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 11fddab..799e7ac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.7.0](https://github.com/vexxhost/ansible-collection-kubernetes/compare/v1.6.0...v1.7.0) (2023-07-01)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* update CAPI release ([faf7048](https://github.com/vexxhost/ansible-collection-kubernetes/commit/faf7048aa167314b850b1b4fff817472d5688b4c))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add checksums + linters ([e1956c1](https://github.com/vexxhost/ansible-collection-kubernetes/commit/e1956c1d0e32835ff5f9ebb877ec4911459277bc))
+
 ## [1.6.0](https://github.com/vexxhost/ansible-collection-kubernetes/compare/v1.5.1...v1.6.0) (2023-06-22)
 
 
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index 588db93..52cde0f 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 namespace: vexxhost
 name: kubernetes
-version: 1.6.0 # x-release-please-version
+version: 1.7.0 # x-release-please-version
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Mohammed Naser <mnaser@vexxhost.com>