diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5092aee..c76dfac 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(
     name="pytest-xdist",
-    version='1.7.dev1',
+    version='1.7',
     description='py.test xdist plugin for distributed testing and loop-on-failing modes',
     long_description=open('README.txt').read(),
     license='GPLv2 or later',
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ setup(
     'Programming Language :: Python',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
     ],
-)
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xdist/__init__.py b/xdist/__init__.py
index 9a4499e..7fba843 100644
--- a/xdist/__init__.py
+++ b/xdist/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #
-__version__ = '1.7.dev1'
+__version__ = '1.7'