diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8829f21a380fc16070252dbcfe3a3ef39aaa8b33..a1e70af50ab731d254f9ddc78f427e7d7915a9da 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ set ( CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${walberla_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake )
 
 include ( waLBerlaFunctions )
 
-set_version( 6 1 )
+set_version( 7 0 )
 
 include( CMakeParseArguments )