diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5fc389c996..6ec84cc26c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ deploy:
     api_key:
         secure: fkelxNMcGoNY4MT30dEiEUE53cMkhtmr44Y7iSEkOGmfeG9ReUqVIk1nd7027iehzdhhcov57XwHg49KA+AWpQGvEbLkRNRazOxSGFL9o/P/Rzft/tvKP0sxcRF5RUVo0b5J5wlsIKSlbjDqGu9CM+G4eyK0D2jo/XPzsv9akKQ=
     skip_cleanup: true
-    file: poedit-1.7beta3.tar.gz
+    file: poedit-1.7.tar.gz
     on:
         repo: vslavik/poedit
         tags: true
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c1ceb88f11..260d89a178 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,18 @@
 
+Version 1.7
+-----------
+
+- reworked preferences
+- support for extraction from JavaScript (and more) sources
+- suggestions and other relevant information (comments etc.) are now much
+  easier to access in a unified sidebar
+- syntax highlighting of special characters in translations
+- added Group by Context sorting option
+- implemented multiple selection
+- formatting of PO files can now be customized
+- added support for msgmerge --no-fuzzy-matching
+
+
 Version 1.6.10
 --------------
 
diff --git a/Poedit.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Poedit.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 11f997a5e9..dfb3a2cc61 100644
--- a/Poedit.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Poedit.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@
 				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 10.7;
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = YES;
 				POEDIT_FEATURES = "";
-				POEDIT_VERSION = 1.7beta3;
+				POEDIT_VERSION = 1.7;
 				SDKROOT = macosx;
 				WX_DEFINES = "__WXOSX_COCOA__ __WX__ __WXMAC_XCODE__=1 wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8=0 wxUSE_UNICODE_WCHAR=1";
 			};
@@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@
 				LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS = "";
 				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 10.7;
 				POEDIT_FEATURES = "";
-				POEDIT_VERSION = 1.7beta3;
+				POEDIT_VERSION = 1.7;
 				SDKROOT = macosx;
 				WX_DEFINES = "__WXOSX_COCOA__ __WX__ __WXMAC_XCODE__=1 wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8=0 wxUSE_UNICODE_WCHAR=1";
 			};
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e90098b383..be165a5b74 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
 
-AC_INIT([poedit], [1.7beta3], [poedit@googlegroups.com])
+AC_INIT([poedit], [1.7], [poedit@googlegroups.com])
 PACKAGE_SHORT_VERSION=1.7
 AC_SUBST(PACKAGE_SHORT_VERSION)
 
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index d7d43da8c9..0850740dc3 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #ifndef _VERSION_H_
 #define _VERSION_H_
 
-#define POEDIT_VERSION           "1.7beta3"
+#define POEDIT_VERSION           "1.7"
 #define POEDIT_VERSION_WIN        1,7,0
 
 #endif // _VERSION_H_
diff --git a/win32/poedit.iss b/win32/poedit.iss
index efbe6db25a..e4dfba096d 100644
--- a/win32/poedit.iss
+++ b/win32/poedit.iss
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 ;
 
 #define VERSION          "1.7"
-#define VERSION_FULL     "1.7beta3"
+#define VERSION_FULL     "1.7"
 
 #ifndef CONFIG
 #define Config           "Release"