diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index af06a7b0..b42f7914 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 package dfs
 
 var (
-	version = "0.6.2" // manually set semantic version number
+	version = "0.7.0" // manually set semantic version number
 	commit  string    // automatically set git commit hash
 
 	Version = func() string {