diff --git a/Michelf/Markdown.php b/Michelf/Markdown.php
index 3acb100..c3eaf44 100644
--- a/Michelf/Markdown.php
+++ b/Michelf/Markdown.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Markdown implements MarkdownInterface {
 	 * Define the package version
 	 * @var string
 	 */
-	const MARKDOWNLIB_VERSION = "1.6.0";
+	const MARKDOWNLIB_VERSION = "1.7.0";
 
 	/**
 	 * Simple function interface - Initialize the parser and return the result
diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index e2f6384..0444071 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PHP Markdown
 ============
 
-PHP Markdown Lib 1.6.0 - 23 Dec 2015
+PHP Markdown Lib 1.7.0 - 29 Oct 2016
 
 by Michel Fortin  
 <https://michelf.ca/>
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ PHP Markdown, please visit [michelf.ca/donate] or send Bitcoin to
 Version History
 ---------------
 
-Current Version:
+PHP Markdown Lib 1.7.0 (29 Oct 2016)
 
 *	Added a `hard_wrap` configuration variable to make all newline characters 
 	in the text become `<br>` tags in the HTML output. By default, according