diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7.0.0-dev0.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7.0.0-dev0.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c49331daa50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/7.0.0-dev0.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+trivial:
+- bump galaxy.yml to release 7.0.0-dev0
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index 3b2bb299d43..c89f28a2a0d 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 namespace: community
 name: aws
-version: 6.0.0-dev0
+version: 7.0.0-dev0
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Ansible (https://github.com/ansible)
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ description: null
 license_file: COPYING
 tags: [community, aws, cloud, amazon]
 dependencies:
-  amazon.aws: '>=6.0.0-dev0'
+  amazon.aws: '>=7.0.0-dev0'
 repository: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws
 documentation: https://ansible-collections.github.io/community.aws/branch/main/collections/community/aws/index.html
 homepage: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/common.py b/plugins/module_utils/common.py
index fec3684aacb..153d468830e 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/common.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/common.py
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 
 
 COMMUNITY_AWS_COLLECTION_NAME = "community.aws"
-COMMUNITY_AWS_COLLECTION_VERSION = "6.0.0-dev0"
+COMMUNITY_AWS_COLLECTION_VERSION = "7.0.0-dev0"