diff --git a/cmd/protoc-gen-connect-go/main.go b/cmd/protoc-gen-connect-go/main.go
index 33e10e6a..a08df8a2 100644
--- a/cmd/protoc-gen-connect-go/main.go
+++ b/cmd/protoc-gen-connect-go/main.go
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func generatePreamble(g *protogen.GeneratedFile, file *protogen.File) {
 		"compiled into your binary. You can fix the problem by either regenerating this code ",
 		"with an older version of connect or updating the connect version compiled into your binary.")
 	if needsWithIdempotency(file) {
-		g.P("const _ = ", connectPackage.Ident("IsAtLeastVersion1_6_0"))
+		g.P("const _ = ", connectPackage.Ident("IsAtLeastVersion1_7_0"))
 	} else {
 		g.P("const _ = ", connectPackage.Ident("IsAtLeastVersion0_1_0"))
 	}
diff --git a/connect.go b/connect.go
index a0749e1a..b1bb64f7 100644
--- a/connect.go
+++ b/connect.go
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Version is the semantic version of the connect module.
-const Version = "1.7.0-dev"
+const Version = "1.7.0"
 
 // These constants are used in compile-time handshakes with connect's generated
 // code.
 const (
 	IsAtLeastVersion0_0_1 = true
 	IsAtLeastVersion0_1_0 = true
-	IsAtLeastVersion1_6_0 = true
+	IsAtLeastVersion1_7_0 = true
 )
 
 // StreamType describes whether the client, server, neither, or both is
diff --git a/internal/gen/connect/ping/v1/pingv1connect/ping.connect.go b/internal/gen/connect/ping/v1/pingv1connect/ping.connect.go
index 4825c316..493769e8 100644
--- a/internal/gen/connect/ping/v1/pingv1connect/ping.connect.go
+++ b/internal/gen/connect/ping/v1/pingv1connect/ping.connect.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import (
 // generated with a version of connect newer than the one compiled into your binary. You can fix the
 // problem by either regenerating this code with an older version of connect or updating the connect
 // version compiled into your binary.
-const _ = connect_go.IsAtLeastVersion1_6_0
+const _ = connect_go.IsAtLeastVersion1_7_0
 
 const (
 	// PingServiceName is the fully-qualified name of the PingService service.