diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index 75402d085..3a96ed929 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "7.0.0-beta.1",
+  "version": "7.0.0",
   "publicReleaseRefSpec": [
     "^refs/heads/main$", // we release out of main
     "^refs/heads/rel/v\\d+\\.\\d+" // we also release branches starting with vN.N