diff --git a/pyoptsparse/__init__.py b/pyoptsparse/__init__.py
index bc7b2cb1..406fde0e 100644
--- a/pyoptsparse/__init__.py
+++ b/pyoptsparse/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "2.6.4"
+__version__ = "2.7.0"
 
 from .pyOpt_history import History
 from .pyOpt_variable import Variable