diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0c5841c..237bef9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+* fuse-overlayfs-0.7
+
+- plugins support.  It allows to read the lower layers from a different data source.
+- support running without an upper layer in read only mode.
+- honor opaque whiteouts.
+
 * fuse-overlayfs-0.6.5
 
 - stat reports correctly the number of links for a directory.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3fe440c..789136d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([fuse-overlayfs], [0.6.5], [giuseppe@scrivano.org])
+AC_INIT([fuse-overlayfs], [0.7], [giuseppe@scrivano.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([main.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])