diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 22c0ea1..d41dd0a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 
 Codecrypt ChangeLog
 
+1.7
+
+- add QC-MDPC McEliece variant
+- mark QD McEliece as broken
+- reimplement bit vectors (for speed)
+- some code quality updates
+- prevent mangling of command line output by crafted keyring
+
 1.6.1
 
 - simplify padding for symmetric encryption
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8e30313..12655bf 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.6)
-AC_INIT([codecrypt], [1.6.1])
+AC_INIT([codecrypt], [1.7])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(.) # because of libtoolize
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])