diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 019a655..88baadf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) and this project
 adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [7.0.0] - 2026-01-25
+
+### Changed
+
+ - B-tree performance improvements (#143 and #144)
+ - Removed the unused refpool dependency. Breaking change (although unlikely in practice). (#141)
+
 ## [6.1.0] - 2025-09-09
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index af1fe89..cc01340 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "imbl"
-version = "6.1.0"
+version = "7.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "arbitrary",
  "archery",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c250c6d..d67e201 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "imbl"
-version = "6.1.0"
+version = "7.0.0"
 authors = [
     "Bodil Stokke <bodil@bodil.org>",
     "Joe Neeman <joeneeman@gmail.com>",