diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9b1f27ad..989f1c94 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bat"
-version = "0.6.2"
+version = "0.7.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi_term 0.11.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "atty 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 36820f97..be7ea253 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 name = "bat"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/sharkdp/bat"
-version = "0.6.2"
+version = "0.7.0"
 exclude = [
     "assets/syntaxes/*",
     "assets/themes/*",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fb724d32..61a0be4a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ bat f - g  # output 'f', then stdin, then 'g'.
 Download the latest `.deb` package from the [release page](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/releases)
 and install it via:
 ``` bash
-sudo dpkg -i bat_0.6.2_amd64.deb  # adapt version number and architecture
+sudo dpkg -i bat_0.7.0_amd64.deb  # adapt version number and architecture
 ```
 
 ### On Arch Linux