diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 93476f9c0..711e848e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ libgit2 - the Git linkable library
 | Build Status | |
 | ------------ | - |
 | **main** branch CI builds | [![CI Build](https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/workflows/CI%20Build/badge.svg?event=push)](https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/actions?query=workflow%3A%22CI+Build%22+event%3Apush) |
+| **v1.7 branch** CI builds | [![CI Build](https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/workflows/CI%20Build/badge.svg?branch=maint%2Fv1.7&event=push)](https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/actions?query=workflow%3A%22CI+Build%22+event%3Apush+branch%3Amaint%2Fv1.7) |
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-| **v1.5 branch** CI builds | [![CI Build](https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/workflows/CI%20Build/badge.svg?branch=maint%2Fv1.5&event=push)](https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/actions?query=workflow%3A%22CI+Build%22+event%3Apush+branch%3Amaint%2Fv1.5) |
 | **Nightly** builds | [![Nightly Build](https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/workflows/Nightly%20Build/badge.svg)](https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Nightly+Build%22) [![Coverity Scan Status](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/639/badge.svg)](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/639) |
 
 `libgit2` is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git core methods
diff --git a/include/git2/version.h b/include/git2/version.h
index bed47f51e..088ba6b07 100644
--- a/include/git2/version.h
+++ b/include/git2/version.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * The version string for libgit2.  This string follows semantic
  * versioning (v2) guidelines.
  */
-#define LIBGIT2_VERSION        "1.7.0-alpha"
+#define LIBGIT2_VERSION        "1.7.0"
 
 /** The major version number for this version of libgit2. */
 #define LIBGIT2_VER_MAJOR      1
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  * a prerelease name like "beta" or "rc1".  For final releases, this will
  * be `NULL`.
  */
-#define LIBGIT2_VER_PRERELEASE "alpha"
+#define LIBGIT2_VER_PRERELEASE NULL
 
 /** The library ABI soversion for this version of libgit2. */
 #define LIBGIT2_SOVERSION      "1.7"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 398446ea5..8c6f4ef6e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "libgit2",
-  "version": "1.7.0-alpha",
+  "version": "1.7.0",
   "repo": "https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2",
   "description": " A cross-platform, linkable library implementation of Git that you can use in your application.",
   "install": "mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. && cmake --build ."