diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 204e655..4c1d993 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ The files of the stable version of F3 are
 `here <https://github.com/AltraMayor/f3/releases>`__. The
 following command uncompresses the files::
 
-    $ unzip f3-6.0.zip
+    $ unzip f3-7.0.zip
 
 
 Compile stable software on Linux or FreeBSD
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 428dc1f..22329bd 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Version 7.0 - Dec 21, 2017
+
+    * stable version of f3probe, f3fix, and f3brew (Linux only)
+    * f3write: improved write speed and dealing with write failures
+
 Version 6.0 - Dec 24, 2015
 
     * f3probe: new algorithm.
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 65df416..a088542 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ author = 'Michel Machado'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '6.0'
+version = '7.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '6.0'
+release = '7.0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ html_theme_options = { 'show_related': True }
 # The name for this set of Sphinx documents.
 # "<project> v<release> documentation" by default.
 #
-# html_title = 'f3 v6.0'
+# html_title = 'f3 vX.0'
 
 # A shorter title for the navigation bar.  Default is the same as html_title.
 #
diff --git a/doc/history.rst b/doc/history.rst
index b3aec20..9cec6d6 100644
--- a/doc/history.rst
+++ b/doc/history.rst
@@ -55,3 +55,6 @@ Linux only. Linux users may want to check out Vasiliy Kaygorodov's
 or Ahmed Essam's
 `page <http://ahmedspace.com/linux-how-to-fix-a-flash-memory-corrupting-files/>`__
 for help.
+
+Starting at version 7.0, ``f3probe``, ``f3fix``, and ``f3brew`` are stable.
+They are for Linux only.
diff --git a/doc/usage.rst b/doc/usage.rst
index 83aa7ec..da74f72 100644
--- a/doc/usage.rst
+++ b/doc/usage.rst
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ in the example below (please use the correct device!):
 
     $ sudo ./f3probe --destructive --time-ops /dev/sdb
     [sudo] password for michel: 
-    F3 probe 6.0
+    F3 probe 7.0
     Copyright (C) 2010 Digirati Internet LTDA.
     This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
 
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ outputs:
 
     $ sudo ./f3probe --time-ops /dev/sdc
     [sudo] password for michel: 
-    F3 probe 6.0
+    F3 probe 7.0
     Copyright (C) 2010 Digirati Internet LTDA.
     This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
 
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ The execution of ``f3fix`` on my fake drive went as follows:
 ::
 
     $ sudo ./f3fix --last-sec=16477878 /dev/sdb
-    F3 fix 6.0
+    F3 fix 7.0
     Copyright (C) 2010 Digirati Internet LTDA.
     This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
 
diff --git a/f3read.1 b/f3read.1
index 3b59529..7d41094 100644
--- a/f3read.1
+++ b/f3read.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"Text automatically generated by txt2man
-.TH F3 "1"  "December 2015" "F3 6.0" "test real flash memory capacity"
+.TH F3 "1"  "December 2017" "F3 7.0" "test real flash memory capacity"
 .SH NAME
 \fBf3write, f3read \fP- test real flash memory capacity
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 0c1ff62..e42eb1f 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef HEADER_VERSION_H
 #define HEADER_VERSION_H
 
-#define F3_STR_VERSION	"6.0"
+#define F3_STR_VERSION	"7.0"
 
 #endif	/* HEADER_VERSION_H */