diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2e2f2b983..6aff15593 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ php Cookbook CHANGELOG
 ======================
 This file is used to list changes made in each version of the php cookbook.
 
+v1.7.0 (2015-7-31)
+------------------
+- Allow additional PHP FPM config
+- Add recipe to recompile PHP from source
+- Move source dependencies to attributes file
+- Misc bug fixes
+
 v1.6.0 (2015-7-6)
 -----------------
 - Added ChefSpec matchers
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 11526b9f7..f0651fdca 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 maintainer_email  'cookbooks@getchef.com'
 license           'Apache 2.0'
 description       'Installs and maintains php and php modules'
-version           '1.6.1'
+version           '1.7.0'
 
 depends 'build-essential'
 depends 'xml'