diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 934dffcc..95df7c0c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT([dvisvgm],[1.6],[martin.gieseking@uos.de])
-DATE="April 2014"
+AC_INIT([dvisvgm],[1.7],[martin.gieseking@uos.de])
+DATE="June 2014"
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
diff --git a/src/Doxyfile b/src/Doxyfile
index b6f3612e..8f097cf1 100644
--- a/src/Doxyfile
+++ b/src/Doxyfile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = dvisvgm
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER = 1.6
+PROJECT_NUMBER = 1.7
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a