diff --git a/CocoaImageHashing.podspec.json b/CocoaImageHashing.podspec.json
index 9e31328..c560e12 100644
--- a/CocoaImageHashing.podspec.json
+++ b/CocoaImageHashing.podspec.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
     "name": "CocoaImageHashing",
-    "version": "1.6.1",
+    "version": "1.7.0",
     "summary": "CocoaImageHashing is a framework for perceptual image hashing",
     "description": "A perceptual hash is a fingerprint of a multimedia file derived from various features from its content.\nUnlike cryptographic hash functions which rely on the avalanche effect of small changes in input leading to drastic changes in the output, perceptual hashes are 'close' to one another if the features are similar.",
     "homepage": "https://github.com/ameingast/cocoaimagehashing",
     "license": { "type": "BSD3", "file": "LICENSE" },
     "authors": { "Andreas Meingast": "ameingast@gmail.com" },
-    "source": { "git": "https://github.com/ameingast/cocoaimagehashing.git", "tag": "1.6.1" },
+    "source": { "git": "https://github.com/ameingast/cocoaimagehashing.git", "tag": "1.7.0" },
     "platforms": { "osx": "10.10", "ios": "8.0" },
     "requires_arc": true,
     "frameworks": [ "Foundation" ],
diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index e664d69..69e96d4 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pod 'CocoaImageHashing', :git => 'https://github.com/ameingast/cocoaimagehashing
 To use [Carthage](https://github.com/Carthage/Carthage) (a more lightweight but more hands on package manager) just create a `Cartfile` with 
 
 ```ruby
-github "ameingast/cocoaimagehashing" ~> 1.6.1
+github "ameingast/cocoaimagehashing" ~> 1.7.0
 ```
 
 Then follow the [steps in the Carthage guide](https://github.com/Carthage/Carthage#getting-started) basically (for iOS):