diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4212db1..37268c9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 Copyright (C) 2014 Tim Rühsen
 
+30.01.2015 Release V0.7.0
+  * include effective_tld_names.dat of date 29.12.2014
+  * do not install docs when gtk-doc is not installed
+  * fix several compatibility issues with Solaris
+  * fix 'make distcheck' after 'make clean'
+  * mark API as stable
+  * use pkg-config to detect libicu
+
 14.11.2014 Release V0.6.2
   * revoked commit from 0.6.1 to satisfy Travis-CI
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0840c60..579cf35 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-AC_INIT([libpsl], [0.6.2], [tim.ruehsen@gmx.de], [libpsl], [http://github.com/rockdaboot/libpsl])
+AC_INIT([libpsl], [0.7.0], [tim.ruehsen@gmx.de], [libpsl], [http://github.com/rockdaboot/libpsl])
 AC_PREREQ([2.59])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10 -Wall no-define foreign])
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 # 4. If any interfaces have been added, removed, or changed since the last update, increment current, and set revision to 0.
 # 5. If any interfaces have been added since the last public release, then increment age.
 # 6. If any existing interfaces have been removed or changed since the last public release, then set age to 0. 
-AC_SUBST([LIBPSL_SO_VERSION], [2:3:2])
+AC_SUBST([LIBPSL_SO_VERSION], [2:4:2])
 AC_SUBST([LIBPSL_VERSION], $VERSION)
 
 # Check for enable/disable builtin PSL data