diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index ec2b9b22f9da4d3cc7962a283c92d8d8f907ee83..eb6c9ba6988c509f39cfa337f1f3b8e862b6349b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ repositories {
     mavenCentral()
 }
 
-version = '1.6.1'
+version = '1.7.-SNAPSHOT'
 group = 'net.geant.nmaas'
 
 java {
diff --git a/build_and_publish.sh b/build_and_publish.sh
index 019e1af2d3001abbfab18fd8317c3ebc2ad46dde..712a57ed64dd627c7685e8d1e55e282ea0d72fb3 100644
--- a/build_and_publish.sh
+++ b/build_and_publish.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-TAG=1.6.0
+TAG=1.7.0
 PACKAGE=nmaas-platform
 REPOSITORY=artifactory.geant.net/nmaas-docker-local
 sudo docker build --rm -t $REPOSITORY/$PACKAGE:$TAG -f ./Dockerfile ..
diff --git a/src/main/resources/banner.txt b/src/main/resources/banner.txt
index 9f2a80f7792409c9b8aa6f30b11bccba66786b30..251825ec2d6ee6ea87cc8b6b018215189098d9fd 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/banner.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/banner.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 [ NMaaS ]
 
-(c) 2023 GÉANT
+(c) 2024 GÉANT
 
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