diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 74ae9122e9..b92e73f6b0 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 
 # Images
-IMAGE_VERSION=1.6.0
+IMAGE_VERSION=1.7.0
 IMAGE_NAME=ghcr.io/open-telemetry/demo
 TRACETEST_IMAGE_VERSION=v0.14.5
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 909adf91fe..0366aff04f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ release.
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 1.7.0
+
 * update PHP quoteservice to use 1.0.0
   ([#1236](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1236))
 * Add ability to do probabilistic A/B testing with feature flags