diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index e4bd3a16..0449becd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+Version 7.0.0 Released Oct 2022
+===============================
+- Many bugfixes and general improvements.
+- Important fixes in the GPU code, and in the usage of SLATE
+  (GPU capable ScaLAPACK replacement).
+- The default ordering now uses METIS_NodeND, instead of the
+  (undocumented) METIS_NodeNDP routine. This can impact performance,
+  or for some problems lead to stack overflow, but for others it
+  drastically reduces memory usage. The old behavior can be restored
+  with --sp_enable_METIS_NodeNDP.
+
+
 Version 6.3.1 Released March 2022
 =================================
 - Fix for setting CUDA/HIP device when there are multiple,
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e8d8f188..babb6974 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.17)
-project(STRUMPACK VERSION 6.3.1 LANGUAGES CXX C Fortran)
+project(STRUMPACK VERSION 7.0.0 LANGUAGES CXX C Fortran)
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0074 NEW)
 
 option(STRUMPACK_USE_MPI     "Build with MPI support" ON)