diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c53fa80..97b71d9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.0.7](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/merkle-tree-java/compare/v0.0.6...v0.0.7) (2023-09-04)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* attempting to force a release ([73339e5](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/merkle-tree-java/commit/73339e5fe8c71751a735934f65325862545ea6d8))
+
 ## [0.0.6](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/merkle-tree-java/compare/0.0.5...v0.0.6) (2023-08-17)
 
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 465e1a2..67d02d3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.cardanofoundation</groupId>
     <artifactId>merkle-tree-java</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.0.7</version>
     <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
     <description>Merkle Tree Java</description>
     <url>https://github.com/cardano-foundation/merkle-tree-java</url>