diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f2223c481..52844b0401 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
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 ## [1.8.1] 2022-12-04
 
 * [ETW Exporter] Tail based sampling support [#1780](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1780)
@@ -284,6 +285,8 @@ update the semantic convention in instrumentation library is needed.
 >>>>>>> c6552dca ([Metrics SDK] Add support for Pull Metric Reader (#1701))
 =======
 >>>>>>> 16c5d000 ([Metrics] Switch to explicit 64 bit integers (#1686))
+=======
+>>>>>>> 399daf57 (Prepare v1.7.0 release with Metrics API/SDK GA. (#1721))
 *   [TRACE SDK] Add trace sdk builders (#1393)
     [#1471](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1471)
 *   [EXAMPLE] Fix memory ownership of InMemorySpanExporter (#1473)
@@ -307,6 +310,45 @@ update the semantic convention in instrumentation library is needed.
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+=======
+## [1.7.0] 2022-10-28
+
+* [METRICS SDK] Validate Instrument meta data (name, unit, description) [#1713](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1713)
+* [DOCS] Document libthrift 0.12.0 doesn't work with Jaeger exporter [#1714](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1714)
+* [Metrics SDK] Add Monotonic Property to Sum Aggregation, and
+unit tests for Up Down Counter [#1675](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1675)
+* [Metrics SDK] Move Metrics Exemplar processing behind feature flag [#1710](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1710)
+* [Metrics API/SDK] Change Meter API/SDK to return nostd::unique_ptr
+ for Sync Instruments [#1707](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1707)
+which includes breaking change in the Metrics api and sdk.
+* [BUILD] Add e2e test to asan & tsan CI [#1670](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1670)
+* [BUILD] Add otlp-grpc example bazel [#1708](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1708)
+* [TRACE SDK] Fix debug log of OTLP HTTP exporter and ES log exporter [#1703](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1703)
+* [METRICS SDK] Fix a potential precision loss on integer in
+ReservoirCellIndexFor [#1696](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1696)
+* [METRICS SDK] Fix Histogram crash [#1685](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1685)
+* [METRICS SDK] Fix:1676 Segfault when short export period is used for metrics [#1682](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1682)
+* [METRICS SDK] Add timeout support to MeterContext::ForceFlush [#1673](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1673)
+* [DOCS] - Minor updates to OStream Metrics exporter documentation [#1679](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1679)
+* [DOCS] Fix:#1575 API Documentation for Metrics SDK and API [#1678](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1678)
+* [BUILD] Fixed compiler warnings [#1677](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1677)
+* [METRICS SDK] Fix threading issue between Meter::RegisterSyncMetricStorage
+ and Meter::Collect [#1666](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1666)
+* [METRICS SDK] Fix data race on MeterContext::meters_ [#1668](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1668)
+* [METRICS SDK] Fix observable Gauge metrics generation [#1651](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1651)
+* [BUILD] Detect ARCH=sparc in CMake [#1660](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1660)
+* [SDK] Add user agent for OTLP http/grpc client [#1657](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1657)
+* [BUILD] Fix clang and gcc warnings [#1658](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1658)
+* [Metrics SDK] Add Metrics ExemplarFilter and ExemplarReservoir [#1584](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1584)
+* [LOGS SDK] Rename OnReceive to OnEmit [#1652](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1652)
+* [METRICS SDK] Fix Observable Gauge does not reflect updated values,
+and send the old value always [#1641](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1641)
+* [Metrics SDK] Change boundary type to double for Explicit Bucket Histogram Aggregation,
+and change default bucket range [#1626](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1626)
+* [METRICS SDK] Fix occasional Segfault with LongCounter instrument [#1638](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1638)
+* [BUILD] Bump vcpk to 2022.08.15 [#1633](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1633)
+* [BUILD] Bump gRPC to v1.48.1 for CMake Linux CI [#1608](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1608)
+>>>>>>> 9acde87b (Prepare v1.7.0 release with Metrics API/SDK GA. (#1721))
 * [Metrics] Switch to explicit 64 bit integers [#1686](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1686)
   which includes breaking change in the Metrics api and sdk.
 >>>>>>> 7fd76eec ([Metrics] Switch to explicit 64 bit integers (#1686))
@@ -316,7 +358,17 @@ update the semantic convention in instrumentation library is needed.
 * [BUILD] Add CMake OTELCPP_MAINTAINER_MODE [#1650](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1650)
 * [SEMANTIC CONVENTIONS] Upgrade to version 1.14.0 [#1697](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1697)
 
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+=======
+Notes:
+
+Metrics API/SDK GA release includes PRs [#1686](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1686),
+[#1701](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1701), and
+[#1707](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1707)
+with breaking changes in the Metrics API and SDK.
+
+>>>>>>> 9acde87b (Prepare v1.7.0 release with Metrics API/SDK GA. (#1721))
 ## [1.6.1] 2022-09-22
 
 >>>>>>> 5c180a16 (Prepare v1.6.1 release (#1630))
diff --git a/api/include/opentelemetry/version.h b/api/include/opentelemetry/version.h
index 228fc68452..a54f549988 100644
--- a/api/include/opentelemetry/version.h
+++ b/api/include/opentelemetry/version.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
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 #define OPENTELEMETRY_VERSION "1.8.1"
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 #define OPENTELEMETRY_VERSION "1.5.0"
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@
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 #define OPENTELEMETRY_VERSION "1.6.1"
 >>>>>>> 92618117 (Prepare v1.6.1 release (#1630))
+=======
+#define OPENTELEMETRY_VERSION "1.7.0"
+>>>>>>> 399daf57 (Prepare v1.7.0 release with Metrics API/SDK GA. (#1721))
 #define OPENTELEMETRY_ABI_VERSION OPENTELEMETRY_STRINGIFY(OPENTELEMETRY_ABI_VERSION_NO)
 
 // clang-format off
diff --git a/docs/public/conf.py b/docs/public/conf.py
index f1641dff7d..9158663fee 100644
--- a/docs/public/conf.py
+++ b/docs/public/conf.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
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 release = "1.5.0"
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@
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 release = "1.6.1"
 >>>>>>> 92618117 (Prepare v1.6.1 release (#1630))
+=======
+release = "1.7.0"
+>>>>>>> 399daf57 (Prepare v1.7.0 release with Metrics API/SDK GA. (#1721))
 
 # Run sphinx on subprojects and copy output
 # -----------------------------------------
diff --git a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/version/version.h b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/version/version.h
index 7168a570d7..e0516c9181 100644
--- a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/version/version.h
+++ b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/version/version.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
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 #define OPENTELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION "1.8.1"
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 #define OPENTELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION "1.5.0"
@@ -18,6 +19,9 @@
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 #define OPENTELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION "1.6.1"
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+=======
+#define OPENTELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION "1.7.0"
+>>>>>>> 399daf57 (Prepare v1.7.0 release with Metrics API/SDK GA. (#1721))
 
 #include "opentelemetry/version.h"
 
diff --git a/sdk/src/version/version.cc b/sdk/src/version/version.cc
index 05ae4064b2..1d7f79a702 100644
--- a/sdk/src/version/version.cc
+++ b/sdk/src/version/version.cc
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace version
 const int MAJOR_VERSION     = 1;
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 const int MINOR_VERSION     = 8;
 const int PATCH_VERSION     = 1;
 const char *PRE_RELEASE     = "NONE";
@@ -52,6 +53,19 @@ const char *BUILD_DATE = "Tue Aug 16 00:35:48 UTC 2022";
     "1.6.0-NONE-NONE-27-pre_release_1.6.1-38012fab34faa50d5020959b68eba77ac485b508";
 const char *BUILD_DATE = "Thu Sep 22 18:05:21 UTC 2022";
 >>>>>>> 92618117 (Prepare v1.6.1 release (#1630))
+=======
+const int MINOR_VERSION     = 7;
+const int PATCH_VERSION     = 0;
+const char *PRE_RELEASE     = "NONE";
+const char *BUILD_METADATA  = "NONE";
+const int COUNT_NEW_COMMITS = 35;
+const char *BRANCH          = "pre_release_1.7.0";
+const char *COMMIT_HASH     = "dd7e257b6de71eeaf9e3149530962301705b9a0d";
+const char *SHORT_VERSION   = "1.7.0";
+const char *FULL_VERSION =
+    "1.7.0-NONE-NONE-35-pre_release_1.7.0-dd7e257b6de71eeaf9e3149530962301705b9a0d";
+const char *BUILD_DATE = "Fri 28 Oct 2022 06:22:43 PM UTC";
+>>>>>>> 399daf57 (Prepare v1.7.0 release with Metrics API/SDK GA. (#1721))
 }  // namespace version
 }  // namespace sdk
 OPENTELEMETRY_END_NAMESPACE