diff --git a/data/org.gnome.FeedReader.appdata.xml.in b/data/org.gnome.FeedReader.appdata.xml.in
index 758866fe3..a8111951e 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.FeedReader.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.FeedReader.appdata.xml.in
@@ -51,7 +51,14 @@
     <binary>feedreader</binary>
   </provides>
   <releases>
-    <release version="2.6.2" date="2018-12-03">
+    <release version="2.7.0" date="2019-01-28">
+      <description>
+        <ul>
+		  <li>Fix thread safety issues, hopefully fix a lot of crashes</li>
+		</ul>
+      </description>
+    </release>
+    <release version="2.6.2" date="2019-01-24">
       <description>
         <ul>
 		  <li>Fix version number</li>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 91c20051b..5383f84e6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('feedreader', ['vala', 'c'],
-  version: '2.6.2',
+  version: '2.7.0',
   meson_version: '>= 0.44.1',
   license: 'GPL-3.0',
   default_options: ['prefix=/usr']