diff --git a/bindings/java/version.properties b/bindings/java/version.properties
index e6fa48db..2efebb2a 100644
--- a/bindings/java/version.properties
+++ b/bindings/java/version.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 copyright.year=2004-2009
 version.major=1
-version.minor=6
-version.maint=2
+version.minor=7
+version.maint=0
 version.build=0