diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index f1048bdc..f63ffcf1 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Authentication Service MKII release notes
 
+## 0.7.0
+
+* BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITY - the auth server now logs to stdout vs. syslog.
+* The the `fatTestJar` Gradle task has been replace with the `shadowJar` task, which builds
+  a shadowed version of the test fat jar.
+
 ## 0.6.1
 
 * Gradle has replaced Ant as the build tool. As a consequence, all the built artifacts
diff --git a/src/main/java/us/kbase/auth2/Version.java b/src/main/java/us/kbase/auth2/Version.java
index ef29049f..b90353b9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/us/kbase/auth2/Version.java
+++ b/src/main/java/us/kbase/auth2/Version.java
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 public class Version {
 	
 	/** The version of the KBase Auth2 service. */
-	public static final String VERSION = "0.6.1";
+	public static final String VERSION = "0.7.0";
 
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/us/kbase/test/auth2/service/common/ServiceCommonTest.java b/src/test/java/us/kbase/test/auth2/service/common/ServiceCommonTest.java
index 9d8b9eb0..350e8987 100644
--- a/src/test/java/us/kbase/test/auth2/service/common/ServiceCommonTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/us/kbase/test/auth2/service/common/ServiceCommonTest.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 public class ServiceCommonTest {
 	
 	public static final String SERVICE_NAME = "Authentication Service";
-	public static final String SERVER_VER = "0.6.1";
+	public static final String SERVER_VER = "0.7.0";
 	public static final String GIT_ERR = 
 			"Missing git commit file gitcommit, should be in us.kbase.auth2";