prep for 2.2.7 release
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1593173..8a57941 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 Small Footprint CIM Client Library NEWS
 
+Changes in 2.2.7
+================
+
+New Features:
+- [bugs:#2692] SFCC: SfcbLocal interface should expose markHeap() and releaseHeap()
+
+Bugs:
+- [bugs:#2728] Missing tag definition for REFARRAY
+- [bugs:#2729] Improper type handling for EmbeddedObject in PARAMVALUE
+- [bugs:#2730] More memory leaks in backend/cimxml/grammer.c
+
 Changes in 2.2.6
 ================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4867079..90adc92 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT(sblim-sfcc, 2.2.7preview, sblim-devel@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(sblim-sfcc, 2.2.7, sblim-devel@lists.sourceforge.net)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([cimc/cimcclient.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])