diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 99d2052813..8f78ac2426 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 # For GIT versions, this is x.y.z-git, where x.y.z denotes the software
 # version that was used as a base + changes that were made later, but
 # are not released yet.
-AC_INIT(kea,1.6.0-git, kea-dev@lists.isc.org)
+AC_INIT(kea,1.7.0-git, kea-dev@lists.isc.org)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(README)
 
 # serial-tests is not available in automake version before 1.13, so