diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 7465a48b..225b210c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,15 +2,20 @@
 [UPCOMING.X.X] - XXXX-XX-XX
 ***************************
 
+********************
+[0.700] - 2021-02-24
+********************
+
 **Breaking changes**:
 
 - `pyslim.recapitate` is updated to use new demography features in msprime 1.0,
-    and differs from `SlimTreeSequence.recapitate()` (now deprecated). The
-    argument `Ne` is removed; use `ancestral_Ne`.
+    and differs from `SlimTreeSequence.recapitate()` (now deprecated). Since
+    the backend is now `msprime.sim_ancestry()` instead of `msprime.simulate()`,
+    the argument `Ne` should be replaced with `ancestral_Ne`.
 
-- `reference_sequence` is now a tskit attribute, no longer managed by pyslim.
-    It is no longer mutable on tree sequences (only TableCollections), and
-    previous calls to `ts.reference_sequence` to get the actual sequence
+- `reference_sequence` is now a tskit TreeSequence attribute, no longer managed
+    by pyslim. It is no longer mutable on tree sequences (only TableCollections),
+    and previous calls to `ts.reference_sequence` to get the actual sequence
     should be replaced by `ts.reference_sequence.data`.
 
 - Old-style "legacy" metadata (previously deprecated) has been removed.
diff --git a/pyslim/_version.py b/pyslim/_version.py
index fe0c55fb..b90a80c4 100644
--- a/pyslim/_version.py
+++ b/pyslim/_version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # coding: utf-8
-pyslim_version = '0.600'
+pyslim_version = '0.700'
 slim_file_version = '0.7'
 # other file versions that require no modification
 compatible_slim_file_versions = ['0.7']