diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4bd0a867..dda2ed27 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Clixon Changelog
 
-* [6.6.0](#660) Expected: March 2024
+* [7.0.0](#660) 8 March 2024
 * [6.5.0](#650) 6 December 2023
 * [6.4.0](#640) 30 September 2023
 * [6.3.0](#630) 29 July 2023
@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@
 * [6.1.0](#610) 19 Feb 2023
 * [6.0.0](#600) 29 Nov 2022
 
-## 6.6.0
-Expected: March 2024
+## 7.0.0
+8 March 2024
 
-### Minor features
+Clixon 7.0.0 is a major release with changes to the debug/log/error API, other APIs,
+standardized internal framing protocol and many other changes.
+It also supports the 1.0 clixon controller release.
+
+### Features
 
 * Changed framing between backend and frontend to RFC6242 "chunked-encoding"
   * Previous a propriatary framing method was used
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8f12b51e..fbb13da8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2811,10 +2811,10 @@ ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
 # where autotool scripts are: install-sh, config.sub, config.guess
 
 
-CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR="6"
-CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR="6"
+CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR="7"
+CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR="0"
 CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH="0"
-CLIXON_VERSION="\"${CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH}.PRE\""
+CLIXON_VERSION="\"${CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH}\""
 
 # Debug flag
 # Check whether --enable-debug was given.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index da58e506..730442e9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([lib/clixon/clixon.h.in])
 # where autotool scripts are: install-sh, config.sub, config.guess
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config-aux)
 
-CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR="6"
-CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR="6"
+CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR="7"
+CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR="0"
 CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH="0"
-CLIXON_VERSION="\"${CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH}.PRE\""
+CLIXON_VERSION="\"${CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH}\""
 
 # Debug flag
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-debug],[Build with debug symbols, default: no]),[
diff --git a/include/clixon_custom.h b/include/clixon_custom.h
index 58cbb9ee..3d06724b 100644
--- a/include/clixon_custom.h
+++ b/include/clixon_custom.h
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
  *
  * Note: many(most) not covered by this constant need to GREP
  * This includes lots of clicon->clixon namechanges, see CHANGELOG for whole list
- * This constant will be removed after the 6.6 release
+ * This constant will be removed after the 7.0 release
  */
 #define COMPAT_6_5
 
diff --git a/yang/clixon/Makefile.in b/yang/clixon/Makefile.in
index 5905bc7b..31ad6976 100644
--- a/yang/clixon/Makefile.in
+++ b/yang/clixon/Makefile.in
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ datarootdir     = @datarootdir@
 YANG_INSTALLDIR   = @YANG_INSTALLDIR@
 
 # Note: mirror these to test/config.sh.in
-YANGSPECS	 = clixon-config@2024-01-01.yang   # 6.6
+YANGSPECS	 = clixon-config@2024-01-01.yang   # 7.0
 YANGSPECS	+= clixon-lib@2023-11-01.yang      # 6.5
-YANGSPECS	+= clixon-lib@2024-01-01.yang      # 6.6
+YANGSPECS	+= clixon-lib@2024-01-01.yang      # 7.0
 YANGSPECS	+= clixon-rfc5277@2008-07-01.yang
 YANGSPECS	+= clixon-xml-changelog@2019-03-21.yang
 YANGSPECS	+= clixon-restconf@2022-08-01.yang # 5.9
diff --git a/yang/clixon/clixon-config@2024-01-01.yang b/yang/clixon/clixon-config@2024-01-01.yang
index 2a1e9a14..93ec0443 100644
--- a/yang/clixon/clixon-config@2024-01-01.yang
+++ b/yang/clixon/clixon-config@2024-01-01.yang
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ module clixon-config {
                     CLICON_DATASTORE_CACHE
                     CLICON_NETCONF_CREATOR_ATTR
              Changed semantics of 
-             Released in Clixon 6.6";
+             Released in Clixon 7.0";
     }
     revision 2023-11-01 {
         description
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ module clixon-config {
                  that created the object are deleted.
                  The clixon controller uses this feature, but could in principle be used by other 
                  applications.
-                 Marked as obsolete in 6.6 since creators attribute replaced by clixon-lib creators
+                 Marked as obsolete in 7.0 since creators attribute replaced by clixon-lib creators
                  config";
             status obsolete;
         }
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ module clixon-config {
                  cache with copy, or cache without copy.
                  Note: 'cache' is default value and supported with regressions etc.
                  Others are experimental (in Clixon 5.5)
-                 Note that from 6.6 this is OBSOLETED, only datastore_cache is supported";
+                 Note that from 7.0 this is OBSOLETED, only datastore_cache is supported";
             status obsolete;
         }
         leaf CLICON_XMLDB_FORMAT {
diff --git a/yang/clixon/clixon-lib@2024-01-01.yang b/yang/clixon/clixon-lib@2024-01-01.yang
index 9ac934f1..0ba00a99 100644
--- a/yang/clixon/clixon-lib@2024-01-01.yang
+++ b/yang/clixon/clixon-lib@2024-01-01.yang
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ module clixon-lib {
     revision 2024-01-01 {
         description
             "Removed container creators from 6.5
-             Released in 6.6.0";
+             Released in 7.0";
     }
     revision 2023-11-01 {
         description