diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index fac6807e..aeaf5e46 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Audrey Diacre <adiacre@il4p.fr>
 Emanuele Bertoldi <emanuele.bertoldi@gmail.com>
 Eugeny Boger <eugenyboger@gmail.com>
 Francois Kooman <fkooman@tuxed.net>
+Julien Schueller <julien.schueller@gmail.com>
 Ludovic Rousseau <ludovic.rousseau@gmail.com>
 Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
 Philippe Teuwen <yobibe@gmail.com>
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a83657e1..14c6f9dc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TBD
----
+Apr 05, 2013 - 1.7.0-rc7 (release candidate)
+--------------------------------------------
 
 Fixes:
  - Fix bug when compiling without libusb
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Fixes:
  - nfc-anticol: fix ATS length
  - nfc-mfclassic: fix reporting of processed blocks total
  - nfc-mfclassic: detect MIFARE Plus 2K as 2K instead of 1K
+ - pn53x_usb/acr122_usb: check usb_open() returns before using it
 
 Improvements:
  - New PN532 over SPI driver, see contrib/libnfc/pn532_spi_on_rpi.conf.sample
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ Improvements:
  - nfc-mfclassic: use smaller files for cards < 4k
  - nfc-mfclassic: by defaut don't authorise wrong keyfile, use "f" to force
  - quick_start_example1.c: remove err.h dependency, easier for Windowsians
+ - nfc-mfclassic: support some new magic cards with writeable sector #0
+ - nfc-anticol: add -t option to use timed functions
 
 Changes:
  - Upon malloc error, nfc_init() doesn't force exit() anymore
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 51bb4aec..c38361d5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-New in 1.7.0-***:
+New in 1.7.0-rc7:
 
 Drivers:
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d2b7030a..2310b9a4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # General init
 
 # /!\ Don't forget to update 'CMakeLists.txt' too /!\
-AC_INIT([libnfc],[1.7.0-rc6],[nfc-tools@googlegroups.com])
+AC_INIT([libnfc],[1.7.0-rc7],[nfc-tools@googlegroups.com])
 
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])