diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index de017bd..fd0380b 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ run_vcpkg()
 # Set the project name and language
 project(
   ecs-benchmark
-  VERSION 6.1.0
+  VERSION 7.0.0
   DESCRIPTION "Benchmarks of common ECS (Entity-Component-System)-Frameworks in C++ (or C)"
   HOMEPAGE_URL "https://github.com/abeimler/ecs_benchmark"
   LANGUAGES CXX C)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index dfda3e0..66ce77b 100755
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.1.0
+7.0.0
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index 2bc48cd..f664176 100755
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vcpkg/master/scripts/vcpkg.schema.json",
   "name": "ecs-benchmark",
-  "version-string": "6.1.0",
+  "version-string": "7.0.0",
   "description": "Benchmarks of common ECS (Entity-Component-System)-Frameworks in C++ (or C)",
   "dependencies": [
     "benchmark",