diff --git a/openslides/__init__.py b/openslides/__init__.py
index 58b5f8b81..3d0781d51 100644
--- a/openslides/__init__.py
+++ b/openslides/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-VERSION = (1, 6, 2, 'final', 1)  # During development it is the next release
-RELEASE = False
+VERSION = (1, 7, 0, 'beta', 1)  # During development it is the next release
+RELEASE = True
 
 
 def get_version(version=None, release=None):