diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 21a2fab..21f021d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 Older versions are detailed as [GitHub
 releases](https://github.com/mudge/re2/releases) for this project.
 
+## [2.7.0] - 2024-01-20
+### Added
+- Support strings with null bytes as patterns and input throughout the library.
+  Note this means strings with null bytes will no longer be truncated at the
+  first null byte. Thanks to @manueljacob for reporting this bug.
+
 ## [2.6.0] - 2023-12-27
 ### Added
 - Add precompiled native gem for Ruby 3.3.0.
@@ -230,6 +236,7 @@ releases](https://github.com/mudge/re2/releases) for this project.
 ### Fixed
 - In Ruby 1.9.2 and later, re2 will now set the correct encoding for strings
 
+[2.7.0]: https://github.com/mudge/re2/releases/tag/v2.7.0
 [2.6.0]: https://github.com/mudge/re2/releases/tag/v2.6.0
 [2.6.0.rc1]: https://github.com/mudge/re2/releases/tag/v2.6.0.rc1
 [2.5.0]: https://github.com/mudge/re2/releases/tag/v2.5.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3f1e53b..4030226 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Python".
 
 [![Build Status](https://github.com/mudge/re2/actions/workflows/tests.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/mudge/re2/actions)
 
-**Current version:** 2.6.0  
+**Current version:** 2.7.0  
 **Bundled RE2 version:** libre2.11 (2023-11-01)  
 
 ```ruby
@@ -373,6 +373,8 @@ Alternatively, you can set the `RE2_USE_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES` environment variable i
 * Thanks to [Jean Boussier](https://github.com/byroot) for contributing the
   switch to Ruby's `TypedData` API and the resulting garbage collection
   improvements in 2.4.0.
+* Thanks to [Manuel Jacob](https://github.com/manueljacob) for reporting a bug
+  when passing strings with null bytes.
 
 ## Contact
 
diff --git a/lib/re2/version.rb b/lib/re2/version.rb
index 344b676..c4c1a06 100644
--- a/lib/re2/version.rb
+++ b/lib/re2/version.rb
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
 
 
 module RE2
-  VERSION = "2.6.0"
+  VERSION = "2.7.0"
 end