diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 7f8d729..8fa8150 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,39 @@
 ------------------------------------------------------------
+revno: 551
+committer: Adam Blackburn <compwiz18@gmail.com>
+branch nick: 1.7
+timestamp: Thu 2010-01-14 18:15:05 -1000
+message:
+  add support for using dhcpcd-bin on Debian
+------------------------------------------------------------
+revno: 550
+committer: Adam Blackburn <compwiz18@gmail.com>
+branch nick: 1.7
+timestamp: Thu 2010-01-14 18:02:10 -1000
+message:
+  add a 1 second sleep after setting essid but before scanning
+------------------------------------------------------------
+revno: 549
+committer: Adam Blackburn <compwiz18@gmail.com>
+branch nick: 1.7
+timestamp: Thu 2010-01-14 17:46:38 -1000
+message:
+  change to use dict.get instead of dict[]
+------------------------------------------------------------
+revno: 548
+committer: Adam Blackburn <compwiz18@gmail.com>
+branch nick: 1.7
+timestamp: Sun 2010-01-10 18:10:55 -1000
+message:
+  add information about global scripts to wicd(8)
+------------------------------------------------------------
+revno: 547
+committer: Adam Blackburn <compwiz18@gmail.com>
+branch nick: 1.7
+timestamp: Sat 2010-01-09 15:34:06 -1000
+message:
+  updated CHANGES, setup.py, and NEWS for release
+------------------------------------------------------------
 revno: 546
 committer: Adam Blackburn <compwiz18@gmail.com>
 branch nick: 1.7
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6a26fbb..ab33138 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Wicd 1.6.0 Branch
-1.7.0b5:
+1.7.0:
 	Changes for Packagers:
 	- Wicd now supports a -k option, which should be run by the init script
 	  when the daemon is stopped to release the DHCP lease but should not
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Wicd 1.6.0 Branch
 	- Wired network is now displayed while scanning wireless networks
 	- Added wicd-gtk, a command to always and only run the GTK UI
 	- Marked ioctl backend not supported
+	- Use dhcpcd-bin on Debian instead of dhcpcd script
 
 1.6.2:
 	Minor Changes:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 36e7289..e97ea6e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import subprocess
 
 # Be sure to keep this updated!
 # VERSIONNUMBER
-VERSION_NUM = '1.7.0b5'
+VERSION_NUM = '1.7.0'
 # REVISION_NUM is automatically updated
 REVISION_NUM = 'unknown'
 CURSES_REVNO = 'uimod'