diff --git a/ballerina/Ballerina.toml b/ballerina/Ballerina.toml
index 25971b54..fcc29640 100644
--- a/ballerina/Ballerina.toml
+++ b/ballerina/Ballerina.toml
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ graalvmCompatible = true
 groupId = "io.ballerina.stdlib"
 artifactId = "persist-native"
 version = "1.7.0"
-path = "../native/build/libs/persist-native-1.7.0-SNAPSHOT.jar"
+path = "../native/build/libs/persist-native-1.7.0.jar"
diff --git a/ballerina/CompilerPlugin.toml b/ballerina/CompilerPlugin.toml
index 9b3b1097..fcf82463 100644
--- a/ballerina/CompilerPlugin.toml
+++ b/ballerina/CompilerPlugin.toml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ id = "persist-compiler-plugin"
 class = "io.ballerina.stdlib.persist.compiler.PersistCompilerPlugin"
 
 [[dependency]]
-path = "../compiler-plugin/build/libs/persist-compiler-plugin-1.7.0-SNAPSHOT.jar"
+path = "../compiler-plugin/build/libs/persist-compiler-plugin-1.7.0.jar"
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 8a8a89d7..5ddf7c24 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This file contains all the notable changes done to the Ballerina Persist package
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [1.7.0] - 2026-02-24
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index adc05282..3ef02ed0 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 group=io.ballerina.stdlib
-version=1.7.0-SNAPSHOT
+version=1.7.1-SNAPSHOT
 
 checkstylePluginVersion=10.12.0
 spotbugsPluginVersion=6.0.18