diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 8f32935..20de753 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ authors:
   given-names: "Sep"
   orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5828-4345"
 title: "DeepDiff"
-version: 6.8.0
+version: 7.0.0
 date-released: 2024
 url: "https://github.com/seperman/deepdiff"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5563b8b..e4a1f7c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# DeepDiff v 6.8.0
+# DeepDiff v 7.0.0
 
 ![Downloads](https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/deepdiff.svg?style=flat)
 ![Python Versions](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/deepdiff.svg?style=flat)
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 Tested on Python 3.8+ and PyPy3.
 
-- **[Documentation](https://zepworks.com/deepdiff/6.8.0/)**
+- **[Documentation](https://zepworks.com/deepdiff/7.0.0/)**
 
 ## What is new?
 
diff --git a/deepdiff/__init__.py b/deepdiff/__init__.py
index c3f48c9..2f321a7 100644
--- a/deepdiff/__init__.py
+++ b/deepdiff/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """This module offers the DeepDiff, DeepSearch, grep, Delta and DeepHash classes."""
 # flake8: noqa
-__version__ = '6.8.0'
+__version__ = '7.0.0'
 import logging
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index db2991e..d971afe 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '6.8.0'
+version = '7.0.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '6.8.0'
+release = '7.0.0'
 
 load_dotenv(override=True)
 DOC_VERSION = os.environ.get('DOC_VERSION', version)
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 55e3344..e520c14 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
    contain the root `toctree` directive.
 
 
-DeepDiff 6.8.0 documentation!
+DeepDiff 7.0.0 documentation!
 =============================
 
 *******
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 979e138..518ad74 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 6.8.0
+current_version = 7.0.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 270e10e..dd90d57 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 if os.environ.get('USER', '') == 'vagrant':
     del os.link
 
-version = '6.8.0'
+version = '7.0.0'
 
 
 def get_reqs(filename):