diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index ca913984c74..359c02d64c9 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Release 6.2.2 (in development)
+Release 7.0.0 (in development)
 ==============================
 
 Dependencies
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index abed78c1d38..4dfa11ebf40 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', 'The frontend.Option class .*',
                         DeprecationWarning, module='docutils.frontend')
 
-__version__ = '6.2.2'
+__version__ = '7.0.0'
 __display_version__ = __version__  # used for command line version
 
 #: Version info for better programmatic use.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #:
 #: .. versionadded:: 1.2
 #:    Before version 1.2, check the string ``sphinx.__version__``.
-version_info = (6, 2, 2, 'beta', 0)
+version_info = (7, 0, 0, 'beta', 0)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))