diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 2b2131c1e7b2ca681667ce46bf483e8120a46d95..cba4791c7aaba330fa3a9c7d3579c9ad6e5387e3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ This document contains the ``fslpy`` release history in reverse chronological
 order.
 
 
-2.7.0 (Under development)
--------------------------
+2.7.0 (Wednesday 6th November 2019)
+-----------------------------------
 
 
 Added
diff --git a/fsl/version.py b/fsl/version.py
index 1c96c456b762fbbc7d194ba3ed98b8a6b42b8a59..01f040089cee97dac4b8ce182542c0c70425fb81 100644
--- a/fsl/version.py
+++ b/fsl/version.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import            re
 import            string
 
 
-__version__ = '2.7.0.dev0'
+__version__ = '2.8.0.dev0'
 """Current version number, as a string. """