diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 56b0c73e..ad9c797d 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ android {
         applicationId "com.nutomic.syncthingandroid"
         minSdkVersion 16
         targetSdkVersion 28
-        versionCode 4235
-        versionName "1.6.1"
+        versionCode 4236
+        versionName "1.7.0-rc.1"
         testApplicationId 'com.nutomic.syncthingandroid.test'
         testInstrumentationRunner 'androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner'
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-GB/default.txt b/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-GB/default.txt
index 927b0453..b9fc2cc5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-GB/default.txt
+++ b/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-GB/default.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-* Update Syncthing to v1.6.1 ( https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/releases/tag/v1.6.1 )
+* Update Syncthing to v1.7.0-rc.1 ( https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/releases/tag/v1.7.0-rc.1 )