diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fd1f143..de617c3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 
+Apr 16, 2009: libarchive 2.7.0 released
+
 Apr 10, 2009: libarchive 2.6.992a released
 Apr 09, 2009: Fix SIGPIPE issue building with MSVC.
 Apr 09, 2009: Fix several minor memory leaks in libarchive and libarchive_test
diff --git a/build/version b/build/version
index da7f3fa..3a01fdf 100644
--- a/build/version
+++ b/build/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2006992a
+2007000
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c0695c0..f909248 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 dnl In particular, this allows the version macro to be used in AC_INIT
 
 dnl These first two version numbers are updated automatically on each release.
-m4_define([LIBARCHIVE_VERSION_S],[2.6.992a])
-m4_define([LIBARCHIVE_VERSION_N],[2006992])
+m4_define([LIBARCHIVE_VERSION_S],[2.7.0])
+m4_define([LIBARCHIVE_VERSION_N],[2007000])
 
 dnl bsdtar and bsdcpio versioning tracks libarchive
 m4_define([BSDTAR_VERSION_S],LIBARCHIVE_VERSION_S())
diff --git a/cpio/Makefile b/cpio/Makefile
index 547d428..aee541b 100644
--- a/cpio/Makefile
+++ b/cpio/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 .include <bsd.own.mk>
 
 PROG=	bsdcpio
-BSDCPIO_VERSION_STRING=2.6.992a
+BSDCPIO_VERSION_STRING=2.7.0
 SRCS=	cpio.c cmdline.c err.c matching.c pathmatch.c
 WARNS?=	6
 DPADD=	${LIBARCHIVE} ${LIBZ} ${LIBBZ2}
diff --git a/libarchive/archive.h b/libarchive/archive.h
index 8d36df7..0b3f8e1 100644
--- a/libarchive/archive.h
+++ b/libarchive/archive.h
@@ -118,13 +118,13 @@
  *             (ARCHIVE_API_VERSION * 1000000 + ARCHIVE_API_FEATURE * 1000)
  * #endif
  */
-#define	ARCHIVE_VERSION_NUMBER 2006992
+#define	ARCHIVE_VERSION_NUMBER 2007000
 __LA_DECL int		archive_version_number(void);
 
 /*
  * Textual name/version of the library, useful for version displays.
  */
-#define	ARCHIVE_VERSION_STRING "libarchive 2.6.992a"
+#define	ARCHIVE_VERSION_STRING "libarchive 2.7.0"
 __LA_DECL const char *	archive_version_string(void);
 
 #if ARCHIVE_VERSION_NUMBER < 3000000
diff --git a/tar/Makefile b/tar/Makefile
index 6fd5b17..c247580 100644
--- a/tar/Makefile
+++ b/tar/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/tar/Makefile,v 1.40 2008/12/06 07:38:14 kientzle Exp $
 
 PROG=	bsdtar
-BSDTAR_VERSION_STRING=2.6.992a
+BSDTAR_VERSION_STRING=2.7.0
 SRCS=	bsdtar.c cmdline.c getdate.c matching.c read.c siginfo.c subst.c tree.c util.c write.c
 WARNS?=	5
 DPADD=	${LIBARCHIVE} ${LIBBZ2} ${LIBZ}