diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 97e2bfc..a5678b2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [1.7.0](https://github.com/Ecogenomics/gtdb-lib/compare/v1.6.0...v1.7.0) (2023-01-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* added execute.py and method for checking accession versions in accession.py. ([eb7bd16](https://github.com/Ecogenomics/gtdb-lib/commit/eb7bd1619c15c36e8a9f26b880a8e391f03b3992))
+
 # [1.6.0](https://github.com/Ecogenomics/gtdb-lib/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0) (2022-12-19)
 
 
diff --git a/gtdblib/__init__.py b/gtdblib/__init__.py
index 1e2555b..decdb6a 100644
--- a/gtdblib/__init__.py
+++ b/gtdblib/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 __title__ = 'gtdblib'
 __description__ = 'An abstraction of objects, files, and third-party tools used by the GTDB. Not intended for public use.'
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/Ecogenomics/gtdb-lib'
-__version__ = '1.6.0'
+__version__ = '1.7.0'
 __author__ = 'Aaron Mussig'
 __author_email__ = 'aaronmussig@gmail.com'
 __license__ = 'GPL-3.0'