diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 5d02000..e7ca613 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.6.1"
+  ".": "0.7.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2b19401..37d9f86 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.7.0](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-py/compare/v0.6.1...v0.7.0) (2026-05-28)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add tuple preservation to AutoSerializer and 'pythonic' alias ([#121](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-py/issues/121)) ([4ab03d8](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-py/commit/4ab03d82011c60b89329686caa9e59bb7d11a659))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* 5 issues from encrypted-payload E2E testing ([#127](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-py/issues/127)) ([b1aab22](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-py/commit/b1aab222416efbe7e50d38497528b98874766690))
+* conform CachekitIOBackend.acquire_lock to LockableBackend protocol ([#130](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-py/issues/130)) ([835d20b](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-py/commit/835d20b98221ec69f6a7fdc83ccbe3853ca773ee))
+* preserve Python types in L1-only mode, allow cache_clear() on async ([#117](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-py/issues/117)) ([1fc506b](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-py/commit/1fc506bf517cb98b7674e081096a588f7cccec59))
+
 ## [0.6.1](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-py/compare/v0.6.0...v0.6.1) (2026-05-16)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c658104..46912ee 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 
 [project]
 name = "cachekit"
-version = "0.6.1"
+version = "0.7.0"
 description = "Production-ready Redis caching for Python with intelligent reliability features and Rust-powered performance"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {text = "MIT"}
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index abd0858..7a4971b 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cachekit-rs"
-version = "0.6.1"
+version = "0.7.0"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["cachekit Contributors"]
 description = "High-performance storage engine for caching with compression and encryption"
diff --git a/src/cachekit/__init__.py b/src/cachekit/__init__.py
index fde168b..8e8e1f3 100644
--- a/src/cachekit/__init__.py
+++ b/src/cachekit/__init__.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def custom_function():
     ```
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.6.1"
+__version__ = "0.7.0"
 
 from typing import Any, Callable, TypeVar