diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 2e2f7949a..f88071685 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.6.2
+current_version = 2.7.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/docs/news.rst b/docs/news.rst
index d8b9fcd1e..1ec183a1d 100644
--- a/docs/news.rst
+++ b/docs/news.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Release notes
 
 .. _release-2.7.0:
 
-Scrapy 2.7.0 (to be released)
+Scrapy 2.7.0 (2022-10-17)
 -----------------------------
 
 Highlights:
diff --git a/scrapy/VERSION b/scrapy/VERSION
index 097a15a2a..24ba9a38d 100644
--- a/scrapy/VERSION
+++ b/scrapy/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.6.2
+2.7.0