diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index deec2e25..fad6a562 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Rails generator for AR migrations (Zaid Zawaideh)
 
 A/B testing in ActionMailer (Joseph Sofaer)
 
+Fix hung passenger processes when using Redis client (Chris Griego)
+
 
 == 1.6.1 (2011-07-20)
 
diff --git a/lib/vanity/version.rb b/lib/vanity/version.rb
index 87b04d49..ace1567a 100644
--- a/lib/vanity/version.rb
+++ b/lib/vanity/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Vanity
-  VERSION = "1.6.1"
+  VERSION = "1.7.0"
 
   module Version
     version = VERSION.to_s.split(".").map { |i| i.to_i }