updated to the next release version 1.7.0
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 6fb78db..d7c4cd7 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 group=org.apache.samza
-version=1.6.0-SNAPSHOT
+version=1.7.0-SNAPSHOT
 scalaSuffix=2.11
 
 # after changing this value, run `$ ./gradlew wrapper` and commit the resulting changed files