diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index b85605b..aeda91d 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "6.5.0"
+  ".": "7.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 6e4737e..f7aa07d 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [7.0.0](https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-client-encryption/compare/v6.5.0...v7.0.0) (2025-09-18)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **NODE-7168:** increase napi version to 9 ([#93](https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-client-encryption/issues/93))
+* **NODE-7170:** drop support for Nodejs <20.19.0 ([#92](https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-client-encryption/issues/92))
+
+### Features
+
+* **NODE-7168:** increase napi version to 9 ([#93](https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-client-encryption/issues/93)) ([be138a9](https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-client-encryption/commit/be138a9022d8ae0c7fd7b8cb16561fd2f8f9db89))
+* **NODE-7170:** drop support for Nodejs &lt;20.19.0 ([#92](https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-client-encryption/issues/92)) ([c46c1b9](https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-client-encryption/commit/c46c1b944c97ecc8e668f87055a8df7cf533ed54))
+
 ## [6.5.0](https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-client-encryption/compare/v6.4.0...v6.5.0) (2025-08-14)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index af97d5e..9b6347d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "mongodb-client-encryption",
-  "version": "6.5.0",
+  "version": "7.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "mongodb-client-encryption",
-      "version": "6.5.0",
+      "version": "7.0.0",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7a934fd..f5c5142 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mongodb-client-encryption",
-  "version": "6.5.0",
+  "version": "7.0.0",
   "description": "Official client encryption module for the MongoDB Node.js driver",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "types": "lib/index.d.ts",