diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ec70f75560773b1b4dc68dfd565d8308fb17bedc..400084b1bf20288146bfab1e6a36b69364835852 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.6
+1.6.7
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index 196d9987e5a6fed7f34605d8ec764bd2f81ef81d..d54c69b7115d93715221c49fd2ff0632a5af5803 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	VersionMajor = 1        // Major version component of the current release
-	VersionMinor = 6        // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 6        // Patch version component of the current release
-	VersionMeta  = "stable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
+	VersionMajor = 1          // Major version component of the current release
+	VersionMinor = 6          // Minor version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 7          // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionMeta  = "unstable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )
 
 // Version holds the textual version string.