diff --git a/app/util/qopenhd.h b/app/util/qopenhd.h
index b5f5004e2..6be8d1ad4 100644
--- a/app/util/qopenhd.h
+++ b/app/util/qopenhd.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class QOpenHD : public QObject
     // Tries to mimic android toast as much as possible
     //
     Q_INVOKABLE void show_toast(QString message,bool long_toast=false);
-    L_RO_PROP(QString,version_string,set_version_string,"2.6.4-evo");
+    L_RO_PROP(QString,version_string,set_version_string,"2.7.0");
     //
     // Shows a message popup to the user that needs to be clicked away - use sparingly
     //
diff --git a/package.sh b/package.sh
index e34f0d7ae..45a17ab99 100755
--- a/package.sh
+++ b/package.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ elif [[ "${PACKAGE_ARCH}" = "arm64" ]]; then
 cp rock_qt_eglfs_kms_config.json /tmp/qopenhd/usr/local/share/qopenhd/ || exit 1
 fi
 
-VERSION="2.6.4-$(date -d '+1 hour' +'%m-%d-%Y--%H-%M-%S')-${VER2}"
+VERSION="2.7.0-$(date -d '+1 hour' +'%m-%d-%Y--%H-%M-%S')-${VER2}"
 
 ls -a ${TMPDIR}/usr/local/bin
 echo "going into packaging stage"