diff --git a/doc/software-manual.pdf b/doc/software-manual.pdf
index 3df23de608f16b769aabdb04e190de273bbdd5e4..15b30980ad3d16d6f81c8393d0241cffca63a11f 100644
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diff --git a/doc/software-manual.tex b/doc/software-manual.tex
index 255e58564948ce40f71f71e8067ebd4ad9008a7e..57a86760104d72d421dc0e9b21172dd0dde94671 100644
--- a/doc/software-manual.tex
+++ b/doc/software-manual.tex
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ fontsize=\footnotesize}
 \maketitle
 \begin{abstract}
 This document is a user manual describing usage of the VTM reference software
-for the VVC project. It applies to version 6.2 of the software.
+for the VVC project. It applies to version 7.0 of the software.
 \end{abstract}
 
 \tableofcontents
diff --git a/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h b/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
index 9cc1b0d4c2306f5378421ad230c53d43f6cee375..32095e41ffd3c72cce9c4b746d226a88ab991985 100644
--- a/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
+++ b/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #if ! defined( VTM_VERSION )
-#define VTM_VERSION "7.0rc1"
+#define VTM_VERSION "7.0"
 #endif