diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 8d95d14b..585fa089 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Revision history for HTTP-Message
 
-{{$NEXT}}
+7.00      2024-10-07 15:31:56Z
     - Stop transforming LF into CRLF. Fixes #69 (GH#196) (Olaf Alders)
 
 6.46      2024-05-27 18:58:16Z
diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
index a93b4578..65afe6c0 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
       "x_IRC" : "irc://irc.perl.org/#lwp",
       "x_MailingList" : "mailto:libwww@perl.org"
    },
-   "version" : "6.46",
+   "version" : "7.00",
    "x_Dist_Zilla" : {
       "perl" : {
          "version" : "5.034000"
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@
                }
             },
             "name" : "@Author::OALDERS/Git::GatherDir",
-            "version" : "2.049"
+            "version" : "2.051"
          },
          {
             "class" : "Dist::Zilla::Plugin::CopyFilesFromRelease",
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@
                }
             },
             "name" : "@Author::OALDERS/Git::Check",
-            "version" : "2.049"
+            "version" : "2.051"
          },
          {
             "class" : "Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Git::Contributors",
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@
                }
             },
             "name" : "@Author::OALDERS/@Git::VersionManager/release snapshot",
-            "version" : "2.049"
+            "version" : "2.051"
          },
          {
             "class" : "Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Git::Tag",
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@
                   "branch" : null,
                   "changelog" : "Changes",
                   "signed" : 0,
-                  "tag" : "v6.46",
+                  "tag" : "v7.00",
                   "tag_format" : "v%V",
                   "tag_message" : "v%V"
                },
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@
                }
             },
             "name" : "@Author::OALDERS/@Git::VersionManager/Git::Tag",
-            "version" : "2.049"
+            "version" : "2.051"
          },
          {
             "class" : "Dist::Zilla::Plugin::BumpVersionAfterRelease::Transitional",
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@
                }
             },
             "name" : "@Author::OALDERS/@Git::VersionManager/post-release commit",
-            "version" : "2.049"
+            "version" : "2.051"
          },
          {
             "class" : "Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Git::Push",
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@
                }
             },
             "name" : "@Author::OALDERS/Git::Push",
-            "version" : "2.049"
+            "version" : "2.051"
          },
          {
             "class" : "Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Prereqs::Soften",
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@
       "Zefram <zefram@fysh.org>"
    ],
    "x_generated_by_perl" : "v5.34.0",
-   "x_serialization_backend" : "Cpanel::JSON::XS version 4.37",
+   "x_serialization_backend" : "Cpanel::JSON::XS version 4.38",
    "x_spdx_expression" : "Artistic-1.0-Perl OR GPL-1.0-or-later",
    "x_static_install" : 1
 }
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 7caf275c..2eb1b022 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ my %WriteMakefileArgs = (
     "lib" => 0,
     "overload" => 0
   },
-  "VERSION" => "6.47",
+  "VERSION" => "7.00",
   "test" => {
     "TESTS" => "t/*.t"
   }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 345110b8..e50d47a7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ HTTP::Message - HTTP style message (base class)
 
 # VERSION
 
-version 6.46
+version 7.00
 
 # SYNOPSIS