diff --git a/.release b/.release
index c1c4389eb647922640cfdff017dba2f11f3f4857..87b75fde02ff38edc5a39741f2fed429127edd5a 100644
--- a/.release
+++ b/.release
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-release=0.6.6
-tag=lmcbaseclasses-0.6.6
+release=0.7.0
+tag=lmcbaseclasses-0.7.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2311a8bd88e19fad7b7cd0418a1b302814e554e9..266bf73017addf9ea7f0e773dac43af828e30706 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ The lmc-base-classe repository contains set of eight classes as mentioned in SKA
 
 ## Version History
 
+#### 0.7.0
+- Separate adminMode state machine from opState state machine
+- Add support for STANDBY opState
+- Add Standby() and Disable() commands to SKABaseDevice
+
 #### 0.6.6
 - Documentation bugfix
 
diff --git a/src/ska/base/release.py b/src/ska/base/release.py
index 894fa0ecafcc8232914a3baad0729f799e6aa572..a983abcd3064aead4090cba2d4f7d79cfadaac3a 100644
--- a/src/ska/base/release.py
+++ b/src/ska/base/release.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 """Release information for lmc-base-classes Python Package"""
 
 name = """lmcbaseclasses"""
-version = "0.6.6"
+version = "0.7.0"
 version_info = version.split(".")
 description = """A set of generic base devices for SKA Telescope."""
 author = "SKA India and SARAO and CSIRO"