diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
index b3abc4d..2684a46 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
    "name": "http",
    "abstract": "HTTP client for PostgreSQL",
    "description": "HTTP allows you to get the content of a web page in a SQL function call.",
-   "version": "1.6.1",
+   "version": "1.7.0",
    "maintainer": [
       "Paul Ramsey <pramsey@cleverelephant.ca>"
    ],
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
    },
    "provides": {
      "http": {
-       "file": "http--1.6.sql",
+       "file": "http--1.7.sql",
        "docfile": "README.md",
-       "version": "1.6.1",
+       "version": "1.7.0",
        "abstract": "HTTP client for PostgreSQL"
      }
    },
diff --git a/http--1.6--1.7.sql b/http--1.6--1.7.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/http--1.6.sql b/http--1.7.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from http--1.6.sql
rename to http--1.7.sql
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 658842a..651766d 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  ***********************************************************************/
 
 /* Constants */
-#define HTTP_VERSION "1.6.1"
+#define HTTP_VERSION "1.7"
 #define HTTP_ENCODING "gzip"
 #define CURL_MIN_VERSION 0x071400 /* 7.20.0 */
 
diff --git a/http.control b/http.control
index 270ace6..681abf7 100644
--- a/http.control
+++ b/http.control
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-default_version = '1.6'
+default_version = '1.7'
 module_pathname = '$libdir/http'
 comment = 'HTTP client for PostgreSQL, allows web page retrieval inside the database.'