diff --git a/esrally/_version.py b/esrally/_version.py
index ff4a5f407..2614ce9d9 100644
--- a/esrally/_version.py
+++ b/esrally/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.6.1.dev0"
+__version__ = "2.7.0"