Apache Mynewt 1.7.0 release
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index d2b9dcf..52823fc 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # RELEASE NOTES
 
-04 June 2018 - Apache Newt v1.4.0
+16 July 2019 - Apache Newt v1.7.0
 
 For full release notes, please visit the
 [Apache Mynewt Wiki](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MYNEWT/Release+Notes).
diff --git a/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go b/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
index 1f2d1aa..fc8fbbc 100644
--- a/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
+++ b/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@
 	"mynewt.apache.org/newt/util"
 )
 
-var NewtVersion = Version{1, 6, 9900}
-var NewtVersionStr = "1.7.0-dev"
+var NewtVersion = Version{1, 7, 0}
+var NewtVersionStr = "1.7.0"
 var NewtGitHash = "unknown"
 var NewtDate = "unknown"
 
-var NewtBlinkyTag string = "master"
+var NewtBlinkyTag string = "mynewt_1_7_0_tag"
 var NewtNumJobs int
 var NewtForce bool
 var NewtAsk bool