diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 35c3707..90bebb8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/).
 
+## [1.7] - 2022-10-08
+### Changed
+- `pom.xml`: updated dependency versions
+
 ## [1.6] - 2022-06-24
 ### Changed
 - `pom.xml`, `Parser`: switched to `log-front` 5.0, dropped `logback`
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 346415f..8efac3d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,25 +56,25 @@ Also, the parser may not yet meet the specification in all respects, even for th
 
 ## Dependency Specification
 
-The latest version of the library is 1.6, and it may be obtained from the Maven Central repository.
+The latest version of the library is 1.7, and it may be obtained from the Maven Central repository.
 
 ### Maven
 ```xml
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.kjson</groupId>
       <artifactId>kjson-yaml</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6</version>
+      <version>1.7</version>
     </dependency>
 ```
 ### Gradle
 ```groovy
-    implementation 'io.kjson:kjson-yaml:1.6'
+    implementation 'io.kjson:kjson-yaml:1.7'
 ```
 ### Gradle (kts)
 ```kotlin
-    implementation("io.kjson:kjson-yaml:1.6")
+    implementation("io.kjson:kjson-yaml:1.7")
 ```
 
 Peter Wall
 
-2022-06-24
+2022-10-08
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8c6f779..e823c1c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <artifactId>kjson-yaml</artifactId>
-  <version>1.6</version>
+  <version>1.7</version>
   <name>Kotlin YAML processor</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <url>https://github.com/pwall567/kjson-yaml</url>
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.kjson</groupId>
       <artifactId>kjson-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0</version>
+      <version>4.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.kjson</groupId>
       <artifactId>kjson-pointer</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9</version>
+      <version>2.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.pwall.text</groupId>