diff --git a/kong-3.6.0-0.rockspec b/kong-3.7.0-0.rockspec
similarity index 99%
rename from kong-3.6.0-0.rockspec
rename to kong-3.7.0-0.rockspec
index eeb32cca231..cca7ee53d66 100644
--- a/kong-3.6.0-0.rockspec
+++ b/kong-3.7.0-0.rockspec
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package = "kong"
-version = "3.6.0-0"
+version = "3.7.0-0"
 rockspec_format = "3.0"
 supported_platforms = {"linux", "macosx"}
 source = {
   url = "git+https://github.com/Kong/kong.git",
-  tag = "3.6.0"
+  tag = "3.7.0"
 }
 description = {
   summary = "Kong is a scalable and customizable API Management Layer built on top of Nginx.",
diff --git a/kong/meta.lua b/kong/meta.lua
index c149073e1dc..289dd9dbf27 100644
--- a/kong/meta.lua
+++ b/kong/meta.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 local version = setmetatable({
   major = 3,
-  minor = 6,
+  minor = 7,
   patch = 0,
   --suffix = "-alpha.13"
 }, {