diff --git a/cli/main.cpp b/cli/main.cpp
index 604f3fec2..7b3bcb6aa 100644
--- a/cli/main.cpp
+++ b/cli/main.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 /**
  *
  * @mainpage Cppcheck
- * @version 2.6.99
+ * @version 2.7
  *
  * @section overview_sec Overview
  * Cppcheck is a simple tool for static analysis of C/C++ code.
diff --git a/cmake/versions.cmake b/cmake/versions.cmake
index d17ff45f5..0ed072967 100644
--- a/cmake/versions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/versions.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Version for libraries CPP
-SET(VERSION "2.6.99")
+SET(VERSION "2.7")
 STRING(REGEX MATCHALL "[0-9]" VERSION_PARTS "${VERSION}")
 LIST(GET VERSION_PARTS 0 VERSION_MAJOR)
 LIST(GET VERSION_PARTS 1 VERSION_MINOR)
diff --git a/createrelease b/createrelease
index 2aafb152d..3e140dc1e 100755
--- a/createrelease
+++ b/createrelease
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@
 # git checkout -b 2.6.x ; git push -u origin 2.6.x
 #
 # Update version numbers in:
-# sed -i "s/2.[0-9][0-9]*.99/2.5/" cli/main.cpp
-# sed -i "s/2.[0-9][0-9]*/2.5/" cmake/versions.cmake
-# sed -i "s/MINOR [0-9]+/MINOR 5/" lib/version.h
-# sed -i "s/2\.[0-9]+/2.5/" win_installer/productInfo.wxi
-# sed -i "s/subtitle: Version 2\.[0-9]+/subtitle: Version 2.5/" man/*.md
+# sed -i -r "s/version 2[.][0-9]+([.]99)*/2.7/" cli/main.cpp
+# sed -i -r "s|2[.][0-9]+([.]99)*|2.7|" cmake/versions.cmake
+# sed -i -r "s/MINOR [0-9]+/MINOR 7/" lib/version.h
+# sed -i -r "s/2[.][0-9]+([.]99)*/2.7/" win_installer/productInfo.wxi
+# sed -i -r "s/subtitle: Version 2\.[0-9]+/subtitle: Version 2.7/" man/*.md
 # Ensure that "-rc1" is added in productInfo.wxi and lib/version.h
 # Verify:
 # grep '\.99' */*.[ch]* && grep '[0-9][0-9] dev' */*.[ch]*
diff --git a/lib/version.h b/lib/version.h
index 2ebae99a7..f958b5e1c 100644
--- a/lib/version.h
+++ b/lib/version.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // After a release the DEVMINOR is incremented. MAJOR=x MINOR=y, DEVMINOR=y+1
 
 #define CPPCHECK_MAJOR 2
-#define CPPCHECK_MINOR 6
+#define CPPCHECK_MINOR 7
 #define CPPCHECK_DEVMINOR 7
 
 #define STRINGIFY(x) STRING(x)
diff --git a/man/manual.md b/man/manual.md
index 6b47a0648..1c7ce36e6 100644
--- a/man/manual.md
+++ b/man/manual.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Cppcheck manual
-subtitle: Version 2.6
+subtitle: Version 2.7
 author: Cppcheck team
 lang: en
 documentclass: report
diff --git a/man/reference-cfg-format.md b/man/reference-cfg-format.md
index bb486ffcf..723e2203b 100644
--- a/man/reference-cfg-format.md
+++ b/man/reference-cfg-format.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Cppcheck .cfg format
-subtitle: Version 2.6
+subtitle: Version 2.7
 author: Cppcheck team
 lang: en
 documentclass: report
diff --git a/win_installer/productInfo.wxi b/win_installer/productInfo.wxi
index da6ddf341..0804f6f6a 100644
--- a/win_installer/productInfo.wxi
+++ b/win_installer/productInfo.wxi
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Include>
-  <?define ProductName = "Cppcheck $(var.Platform) 2.6 dev" ?>
+  <?define ProductName = "Cppcheck $(var.Platform) 2.7 dev" ?>
   <?define ProductNameShort = "Cppcheck" ?>
-  <?define ProductVersion = "2.6.99" ?>
+  <?define ProductVersion = "2.7" ?>
 
   <?define ProductManufacturer = "The Cppcheck team" ?>
   <?define ProductDescription = "Cppcheck is a tool for static analysis of C/C++ code" ?>