diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 681d6d0..23c3ff3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,4 +1,26 @@
-2015-02-21, Version 1.6.0
+2015-04-02, Version 1.7.0
+=========================
+
+ * Return isNewInstance from upsert (Raymond Feng)
+
+ * Update rc dep (Raymond Feng)
+
+ * Return count when updating or deleting models (Simon Ho)
+
+ * Update README.md (Simon Ho)
+
+ * Add test running instructions to readme (Simon Ho)
+
+ * Fix mysql neq for NULL value. (ulion)
+
+ * replace dataLength instead of adding length property (Partap Davis)
+
+ * Allow models backed by MySQL to reference mongodb ObjectID (Raymond Feng)
+
+ * Query string length for schema in characters in addition to bytes (Partap Davis)
+
+
+2015-02-20, Version 1.6.0
 =========================
 
  * Update deps (Raymond Feng)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f476ef6..53cc147 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "loopback-connector-mysql",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.7.0",
   "description": "MySQL connector for loopback-datasource-juggler",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-connector-mysql/blob/master/LICENSE"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
-    "sl-blip": "http://blip.strongloop.com/loopback-connector-mysql@1.6.0"
+    "sl-blip": "http://blip.strongloop.com/loopback-connector-mysql@1.7.0"
   }
 }